Tennis great Martina Navratilova has condemned as “pathetic” the Australian Open’s decision to stop fans wearing ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts, accusing Tennis Australia of “capitulating” to China. Late last week spectators at Melbourne Park were asked to remove their… Read More ›
Politics
The BBC cannot see a queue, a very big queue
This is becoming a very big problem, one that was easily seen way before Brexit changes came into effect. And it seems that most of the British media cannot see it, or to be more accurate are (being told?) choosing… Read More ›
A surprising tendency among right-wing authoritarians
Right-wing authoritarianism is a psychological construct developed in the aftermath of World War II that is characterized by submission to authority and strong adherence to conventions, along with aggression directed at those seen as violating social norms. Because of their… Read More ›
Trialling facial age estimation tech for buying alcohol
Five major UK supermarkets are set to trial age estimation technology to accurately guess customers’ ages when purchasing alcohol. Co-op, Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons are participating in a Government “regulatory sandbox” between January and May 2022, testing the technology’s… Read More ›
I hate how much they hate you
Listeners have branded this James O’Brien’s best monologue yet as he explains every twist and turn of the deceit and dishonesty engulfing the government. Phew!
When you attack the BBC, the NHS and the Queen you are not patriotic, and you will lose
‘One day, we’ll have a PM who isn’t a monstrous arse. There won’t be knighthoods for failure. The Culture Secretary won’t be a vain moron. The Home Secretary won’t be a dullwitted bully. The govt won’t need to be under… Read More ›
Me? Um… Who me?
On Monday Downing Street declined to comment as it said the gathering – like others reported to have happened under coronavirus restrictions during 2020 – is now being looked into as part of an ongoing independent investigation… More here. Johnson,… Read More ›
The Daily Mail reaches peak gaslight (‘The NHS is not in crisis…’)
Can Britain ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave without another lockdown, as Boris Johnson suggested on Tuesday? Or is the NHS being hopelessly overwhelmed as Covid infection rates soar? The answer to the first question is Yes. The answer to the… Read More ›
The Brexit Battalion
We have long been suspicious that there are people behind what has happened in the UK, and other countries, over recent years and I guess the thread above could well be a part of it.
There is only hope when you accept there is no end game
I have been reading a book called End State: 9 Ways Society Is Broken – And How We Can Fix It by James Plunkett which is hugely enlightening and which has made me think about what is happening today, and… Read More ›
