Conservatives
Democracy 101
I’ve been thinking. The Referendum result was a one-off, a gaggle of disparate groups that came together as a citizen army to win what the Remainers thought was an unwinnable fight. And we won! The [more…]
Politics
Arts
The Persuasive Power of The Narrative™
Whenever I go to a supermarket and look for washing powder, I am influenced by advertising, even if I think I’m not. I’m intelligent, I know when this ad thing kicks in, I can recognise [more…]
Arts
Far Right?
“What about the far right!” is the cry from the mainstream media and the left of politics. It’s the phrase we hear again and again, over and over. It is thrown around with seemingly wild [more…]
Arts
A New Dark Age
Godfrey Bloom recently made an appearance on Infowars with Alex Jones where he stated we are heading into a new Dark Age. I don’t think he’s far off the mark at all. We’ve already had [more…]
Arts
My word is my bond
“File:Handshake (16671886014).jpg” by Mark Morgan from Trinidad is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Much has been made in recent days on “bond rolls” and “gilts”. As a technologist working in the financial sector I get [more…]
America
This Septic Eye, Ch 11
Presidents are funny aren’t they, I mean the stuff they do, just like silly kittens on YouTube, what are they like, and it’s so ripe for comedy, isn’t it? I mean if you can’t have [more…]
Authoritarianism
Top Socialist Fails – Part One Venezuela
Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world. More oil than the Middle East. They are not a million mile away from the USA that uses huge amounts of oil. They can easily supply [more…]
Arts
David Miliband returns to mainstream politics
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Literature
This Septic Eye, Ch 9
You probably know the classic vegan joke, why did the vegan cross the road? The answer is, of course, to tell you that they are a vegan. Yet there is so often truth in jest, [more…]