Yes, technically a government can leave the European Convention on Human Rights. You just give six months’ notice, like quitting a gym membership. But instead of cancelling a spin class, you’re walking away from seventy years of legal stability and dropping yourself into the same company as Belarus and Russia. Not exactly the global alliance anyone sensible is queuing up to join.
Peace and Devolution in the Firing Line
The consequen...
A Hampshire man has been killed after what police described as a “tragic and confusing interaction” with a roundabout late on Saturday night.
The deceased, Wayne Lexley-Yannon, 42, was struck by a lorry shortly after leaving JD Wetherspoons, where witnesses say he had been loudly explaining geopolitics to anyone within three tables. A self-described “patriot” and unemployed warehouse operative, Lexley-Yannon was reportedly under the ...
Like many people with a strong interest in World War II, my knowledge has always been firmly rooted in Europe. I could talk at length about the Eastern Front, D-Day, the Blitz, Dunkirk, and the fall of Berlin. I’d read countless books, watched endless documentaries, and even walked the beaches of Normandy trying and failing to make sense of the enormity of it all.
But, embarrassingly, I knew next to nothing about Australia’s role in the ...
Demonstrations broke out yesterday after part-time conspiracy theorist and general psychopath, Frank Nuthouse, announced he had been "violated, disrespected and cancelled" after being politely refused entry to a mosque yesterday whilst wearing a head-to-toe Union Jack suit and cradling a dented can of Special Brew.
Cultural Warrior
Frank, who describes himself as a “Cultural warrior for weal Britain,” was reportedly attempting to "do ...
I hear plenty of people tearing strips off the NHS. Yes, it has its flaws. It’s overstretched, underfunded, and sometimes feels like it runs on goodwill and duct tape—but here’s the truth. My recent experience was brilliant.
It all started in spring when I went deaf in my left ear. Like any self-respecting British man in denial of mortality, I panicked. Convinced it was a an electrical fault in my head or a brain spider, I booked an ...
