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Whataboutism

The term ‘Whataboutism’ is something that came to my attention the other day. I had sort of heard of it, but I didn’t really know it was a tool used as a way of deflecting guilt. Nazi Germany and the USSR Apparently, it was well used in Nazi Germany and Cold war Russia. Germany would defend putting Jews in camps, with other European countries doing the ...

Who Was Edward Colston?

Born in Bristol in 1636, Colston was an entrepreneur. As his fortune amassed, he gave handsome sums to churches, schools and other good causes and charities. However, Colston’s fortune was made from exploiting roughly 100,000 West Africans. Men, women, and children were taken and thrown on to slave ships heading across the Atlantic. His statue, until yesterday, ...

Understanding Black Man’s Problems

One of the hardest things to understand as a white person, is what it is like to be a black person. I think that the events of the last week should tell us to try harder to find a way of understanding. There was a chap on the radio earlier today who caught my attention. He described himself as six foot three and of West Indian descent. He explained a situation ...

If Cummings Goes Down, Johnson Goes With Him!

So, what have we learnt from DomGate? Personally, it has been confirmation of what I thought would happen. Dominic Cummings was never going to resign, and Boris Johnson was never going to sack him. In many ways it has been a great exercise in understanding their relationship and how they are as individuals. It is widely thought that Cummings is a career psycho...

Can Cummings be Removed?

I think that the first way to understand the rights and wrongs of unelected de facto Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, is this. Imagine if leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, had done the same. Take a minute or so. The thing that is a trifle odd about the outrage aimed at Dominic Cummings, is that it is small beer in comparison to his general behaviour. He ...