Refugees and the Constructed Crisis
I was talking to a friend the other day and his words intrigued me. He asked me how I would like having an Albanian gangster living next door me. The truth is, I would not like it very much. Then again I would not like any gangster of any nationality living next door to me. Gangsters are not very nice people, particularly people traffickers. However, I'd say the chances of that are slimmer than getting hit by lightning, so I am not unduly ...
Can Sunak be a Good PM?
So, in comes the next Prime Minister, unelected but crowned. The big question is, how will Rishi Sunak get on? Will he fail spectacularly, grovelling to the demands of the back bench crackpots, or will he take the party kicking and screaming out of the 20th Century and away from its imperial delusions? The Positive of Useless Predecessors The positive for Sunak is that he is following Liz Truss. Truss was the final act in a game where ...
Johnson Undergoes Rectum Surgery to Remove MP’s
Boris Johnson has undergone emergency surgery to have MP's and former cabinet ministers from his anal passage, it has been revealed. Gucci Shoe Johnson fell ill in the early hours of the morning, with his wife, Carrie, calling ambulance services after discovering a Gucci shoe poking out of his dirtbox. It is thought to be owned by Zac Goldsmith. At this stage of what is a complex operation, surgeons are not certain how many MP's are up ...
The Myth of Individualism
I don’t know if anyone reading this listens to podcasts, but I find them quite interesting. What’s good about them I find, is that you can jump back to them at any time. Sideways Recently, I have been listening to a series of podcasts called ‘Sideways’. It was written and narrated by Mathew Syed. Syed is something of a brainbox who first came to my attention when I read his book, ‘Bounce – The Myth of Talent and the Power of ...
The Slow Death of Populism as Truss Runs Down Cul-De-Sacs
As the populist division of the Tory Party collapses, it should be time for the British public to reflect. People who say, “I don’t do politics”, need to look at themselves, be brave, and ask why they fall for politicians that offer simplistic red-meat solutions to complex questions. The Unraveling That’s how we ended up with Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng. It all started unraveling when Cameron’s government was chased out ...