The government’s latest round of proposed welfare cuts is, predictably, being framed as a crackdown on fraud and fairness. For those of us who have seen first-hand the scamming that goes on within the benefits system, it’s tempting to nod along. No one likes the idea of people playing the system while others work hard. But once again, the real focus seems to be on those at the bottom, while the industrial-scale abuse of Britain’s wealth ...
I’ve recently encountered the term “cognitive dissonance” repeatedly in the media, and until now, I hadn’t quite grasped what it truly meant. After some thought and reflection, I’ve come to understand it in a much clearer, more personal way.
What Is Cognitive Dissonance?
Cognitive dissonance is essentially that uneasy feeling you get when your beliefs and actions don’t quite match up. It’s as if your head and heart are ...
America, once the self-declared land of the free, is hurtling towards something chillingly familiar—Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, but with worse food and even more guns. With Donald Trump poised for a return to power, the country stands on the brink of a far-right, theocratic nightmare, where civil liberties are stripped away in the name of religious extremism.
A Nation Under Religious Rule
The warning signs could not be ...
Like most people, when I first heard about Lucy Letby’s conviction, I had no doubt that justice had been served. The idea of a neonatal nurse deliberately harming babies is horrifying beyond words, and her whole-life sentence seemed to reflect the gravity of the crimes she was found guilty of.
But now, after reading the recent Private Eye report on the case, I find myself unsettled. I am not a legal expert, nor do I claim to know whether ...
In today’s media circus, the myth of wokeness has become the rallying cry for a certain band of dodgy pundits. Outlets like GB News and their merry band of followers who claim that nowadays, no one can utter a word without risk of being muzzled by an omnipotent censor. The reality, however, is far more laughable and darkly ironic: it’s not that society has suddenly decided to slap a gag on free speech, more one that doesn’t like cunts ...
