In the months after Boris Johnson signed his post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the coronavirus masked the economic damage of leaving the bloc. As the pandemic drags on, the cost is becoming clearer — and voters are noticing…. Read More ›
Politics
Man investigating government parties during lockdown to quit because he had a party during lockdown
The UK’s top civil servant is expected to step aside from his role leading an inquiry into Downing Street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office. Simon Case had been due to report on… Read More ›
Trans swimmer Lia Thomas smashes two US women’s records
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records in two races over the weekend. The 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, competed in the Zippy Invitational in Ohio where she smashed two records in the 200m and 500m freestyles… More… Read More ›
If Johnson stays after this, I give up
People could not visit their elderly relatives in care homes last December, they could not spend a last Christmas with relatives who subsequently died in January and later. None of us could have a normal Christmas and life was miserable… Read More ›
The World’s End
This is brilliant! Funny, educational and perfectly sarcastic.
27 asylum seekers drowning reacted to with laughing emojis
Six miles off the coast of Calais a crumpled inflatable was sinking to the sea bed. Baran’s lifeless body was one of 27 floating in the icy water. A KentOnline article about the shipwreck popped up on Steve’s timeline. He… Read More ›
The bad guys are winning
If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse… More here. An obvious topic very well… Read More ›
The rot set in…
As the clamour of voices warning that our democracy is under threat grows louder and louder, it’s become something of a truism to say that it all began with Boris Johnson’s arrival in Downing Street., writes Richard Haviland. It’s a… Read More ›
This is the Nadine Dorries who…
Nadine Dorries (Conservative) retweeted @kinglami1 :RT @kinglami1: I believe James O Brien of LBC fame is a Hate preacher, a liar, a misogynist, a UK hater & an apologist for Islamist atrocities. I also believe he is a bully who… Read More ›
COP26: just words…
Lots of words came from COP26, but not so much substance. This could be the time we look back on with the most regret.
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