Lord Sumption Calls out BBC Reporter on UK Lockdown BBC News
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Britain’s Biggest Clown Honks Again
“An expert,” according to American philosopher Nicholas Butler, “is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing”. Was there ever an expert who knew so much about nothing as Professor Neil Ferguson? Ferguson achieved (renewed) notoriety when he first backtracked dramatically
Nothing but “Barney Castle” in Response to Investigation of Cummings
Durham Police have confirmed that Dominic Cummings’s visit to Barnard Castle was a breach and that the original journey to Durham was compliant. Interestingly, other police districts have said that they would have told him to turn round and go back home. What is clear is that the regulations
Nigel Farage Witnesses Illegal Migrants Entering British Waters
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Cummings on Thin Ice
Dominic Cummings was still under fire today after yesterday’s press conference from Boris Johnson which left unanswered questions and a feeling of dissatisfaction with the performance of the Prime Minister. As a result, Dominic Cummings fronted up to the press at a press conference at 4-30pm today in
Boris Johnson Makes Calculated Move to Support Cummings
BREAKING NEWS Following on from the revelations about the senior advisor, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson is fighting a rear-guard action to avoid sacking him. Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared on the Andrew Marr show on the BBC this morning and gave an interview of toe-
In the UK the Blame Game Has Started
I was going to tell you about the litany of cock-ups, mistakes, illegal application of the law and so on, but there really are too many to choose from so I will look at the politics of the situation here in the UK. It really is developing into an
A Frosty Political Climate
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments
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The Scottish National Party
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com By late last year support for the Scottish National Party’s independence movement was polling at 50%, I suspect reflecting Brexit fatigue. But with the economic depression ahead, I suspect the SNP support will dwindle. Such crises invariably see a conservative voter response with no
The Depression Is on the Way
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments
Stay Home and Keep It in Your Pants
It’s a hallmark of the nomenklaturas and authoritarian elites that they conduct themselves with autocratic disregard for the odious rules they impose on the hoi polloi. No matter whether it’s early mediaeval popes shagging anything that moved, Communist elites living in imperial splendour while millions starve, or finger-
China Adds Insult to Pandemic Injury
As we’ve reported at The BFD, even while China was still lying to the world about the virus outbreak in Wuhan – thus, inadvertently or not, allowing the virus to spread unchecked around the globe – Chinese companies were quietly pillaging soon-to-be-desperately-needed medical supplies. Indeed, leaked intelligence
Hooray It’s Raining
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments
The Sun Is Still Shining, but I Fear That Storms Are on the Way
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments