Elections
Polling Predictions #8
The past few weeks has seen much about MRP polls in the various strands of MSM and social meejah. Now, an article in the Grauniad, has kind of given the seal of approval to this [more…]
Politics
Arts
Postcard From Peter Hitchens, Part Two
I offended Peter Hitchens. After claiming he’d ignored my letter, I found his reply propped in the alleyway that connects my letter box to the kitchen and garage doors. A white envelope sat undiscovered for [more…]
Arts
Citizens Khan And The Home Office Propaganda Effort
‘He did not know her name, but he knew that she worked in the Fiction Department. Presumably – since he had sometimes seen her with oily hands and carrying a spanner – she had some [more…]
20th Century
In The Steps of The First Army
“Seven years ago today — on November 8, 1942 — Anglo-American forces landed on the coast of French North Africa between Casablanca and Algiers. It was the beginning of a campaign which could have been [more…]
Authoritarianism
A View From The Greenhouse; Fear & Loathing In Dumfries & Galloway, Hate Crimes….Innit?
It was great to meet up with old friends and meet some new ones at the “Northern” get together. The more intrepid amongst the august gathering braved a short, if wet, walk down (and back [more…]
21st Century
Kenya’s ‘Hustler Man’ Vs. Burkina Faso’s ‘Upright Man’
The differences in the performance of the “Hustler Man” in Kenya and the “Upright Man” in Burkina Faso is a function of genuine belief in transformational leadership, on the one hand, and mere self-serving populist [more…]
20th Century
Of Poetics and Politics
How do you like your Poetry? Richly allusive, with detectable rhythm, a certain musicality about it? Or do you prefer a stripped-down, unembellished terseness-to-the-point-of-inarticulacy, a Tacitean, telegraphic brevity? Whichever, preference is yours, would you consider [more…]
Elections
Polling Predictions #7
Hello puffins one and all. Today is Resurrection Day but not for the hindu dwarf. His prospects are looking as dim as ever. Try as he may, nothing improves his chances. Little wonder, the man [more…]
19th Century
Once Quarried From The Old Testament
They say you should never meet your heroes. Is this a recent phenomenon? Certainly, you’d be advised to make an excuse and leave if you think a chief constable is about to enter the room. [more…]