There is, of course, a version of events we will never hear from Keir Starmer.
It goes something like this: “We made a decision in what we thought was Britain’s interests. It blew up in our faces. Sorry about that.”
Simple. Honest. Completely impossible.
Because the truth, if it ever saw daylight, would be far less flattering and far more cynical.
Fighting Fire With… Questionable Fire
Faced with the looming return of ...
There’s a familiar rhythm to modern populism. It starts with charm, leans heavily on outrage, and when the questions get difficult, descends into visible irritation. Lately, Nigel Farage seems to be hitting that final stage with increasing regularity.
When the Questions Get Awkward
For years, Farage has thrived in environments where he could set the tone. Friendly interviews, rally-style speeches, phone-ins on GB News with sympathetic ...
Lately, weather forecasts have started to feel a bit like that friend who definitely said they’d be there at 7 and rolls in closer to 8:30 with no real explanation. Rain arrives early, sunshine disappears, storms overperform or don’t turn up at all. It’s enough to make anyone wonder if the models are slipping.
At the centre of it all are the forecasting heavyweights like the Global Forecast System (GFS) and the ECMWF model (ECM), run ...
There is a populist idea that the smoking ban swooped in during 2007, stubbed out a cigarette, and took the entire British pub industry down with it. It is a neat, simple explanation. It also has the slight inconvenience of being complete bollocks. The decline had already been well underway, but blaming one visible policy is much easier than acknowledging years of slow, unglamorous economic reality.
The truth, as ever, is less dramatic and a ...
Ah yes, the good old days. You’d pop into the pub for a quiet pint and leave smelling like you’d spent the evening slow-roasting over a bonfire of Marlboro Lights. Clothes ruined, eyes stinging, lungs doing their best impression of a chimney.
You didn’t even have to smoke. Simply existing in the same room was enough. Then along came the smoking ban. And, rather inconveniently for nostalgia merchants, it worked.
Cleaner Air, Fewer ...
