Nigel Farage has made a career out of shouting simple answers to complicated problems while holding a pint like it’s a crucifix and puffing a cigarette thinking he’s Churchill reincarnated—if Churchill had been sponsored by GB News and a dodgy hedge fund. But here’s the question: does he actually believe in the far-right populist nonsense he spouts, or is this just the most profitable midlife crisis in British history?
Ideologue or ...
Picture the scene. You’re an angler. You’ve lovingly and regularly caught a 50lb carp named Barry for half a decade. Barry’s more than a fish—he’s a legend, a slippery mirror carp with a fan base and a gut a barstool bullshitter would envy. Then, one frosty morning, you find poor Barry half-eaten on the bank, looking like he's been on the wrong end of a knife fight with a furry torpedo.
Enter the otter, Britain’s aquatic comeback ...
Social media. That great modern courtroom where facts go to die and everyone’s an expert in counter-terrorism law, forensic psychology, and apparently, vehicle dynamics.
Following yesterday’s incident in Liverpool—where a man under the influence of drugs drove into pedestrians—social platforms lit up with a familiar cry: “Call it what it is—terrorism!”
Except… it isn’t.
Let’s Consult Actual Law for a Moment
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Let’s get one thing straight: Reform UK pretending they care about fishermen is like Freddie the Fox claiming it’s running for president of the hen house out of deep concern for poultry welfare. They don’t give a toss about fishermen, fish, or anything that smells remotely like the truth. What they do care about is shouting empty slogans into the void and hoping people are too distracted or desperate to notice they’re being conned by ...
Well, well, well. Look who’s crawling back.
After years of telling the EU to fuck off back to Brussels with its pesky regulations, stable trading partnerships, and inconvenient defence of human rights, the UK is now, rather sheepishly, trying to rekindle some form of relationship with its former best mate. No, not a full reunion you know—just a casual chat about travel and trade. You know, like old times, minus the common sense, fricti...
