Boris Johnson Recreates ‘Love Actually’ Doorstep Scene
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A WARNING for the National Party
Boris Johnson’s win is a warning to the National Party. Simon Bridges is more like Jeremy Corbyn than he is Boris Johnson. Parties only win when people like their leaders. No one liked Corbyn and no one likes Bridges. To clarify, they may like him as a person and
State Sanctioned Grooming in the Classroom
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World describes a future “World State” where children are inculcated with lessons on sex and class consciousness, where “erotic play between children” is a core component of their education. Huxley intended his work as satire, but in the Clown World of 2019, it’s becoming
Complaint Upheld Against Radio Station for Playing Blue Mink’s Melting Pot
Yet another one from the “Truth is Stranger Than Fiction” file. According to Radio Today “No introduction to the track was broadcast, or any other content discussing it to justify its context.” “In making a decision about the complaints, Ofcom considered the demographic of the station’s audience as set
Forsyth on Brexit
Frederick Forsyth, a writer and author whose name you may be familiar with, writes a weekly opinion piece in the Express newspaper. The Express is available here in a weekly edition and there’s more reading in that than there is in a week’s worth of a local rag.
London Bridge Terrorist Should Have Been Assessed BEFORE Release
Robin Simcox PA Pundits – International Robin Simcox is the Margaret Thatcher Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. It was a matter of when, not if, the United Kingdom would be attacked by terrorists again. The when ended up being Friday. The perpetrator this time was British citizen Usman Khan, 28, who
For the Many, Not the Jew Is Still a Problem for Jeremy Corbyn
After his trainwreck interview, you’d think Jeremy Corbyn would have acted to halt the over-riding impression he is a nasty little anti-Semite. YouGov has released a poll in the UK that suggests the problem for Labour is bigger than just having a Jew-hating leader. Loyal supporters
Jeremy Corbyn is a Damning Indictment on his Party and Voters
Britain seems to be belatedly waking up to the fact that it faces a critical choice in the next few weeks. The choice is between a divided, dysfunctional Tory party and a party of anti-Semitic left extremists led by the nastiest piece of work thrown up by British democracy
Ideological Matchmaking
I have a friend who is a card-carrying Labour supporter. When she went through a divorce, a decade or so ago, she started dating men and had only one rule. She would not date anyone who was not a Labour voter. I thought it was a bit odd at
Hate Speech Laws: They Don’t Feel Right
David Theobald I am not a lawyer and the extensive professional training I had earlier in life was in a totally different field of endeavour. During this, I learnt that detail was incredibly important but only if laid on top of a thorough understanding of basic principles. And I then
Ann Widdecombe: Downing Street Offered Me a Job to Step Aside
Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe says Downing Street offered her “a role in Brexit negotiations” if she stopped running in the seat of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. “I said you’re not going to flatter me and butter me up now.” “I can only talk for my experience but that