How America fell for the greatest political con trick of modern times, and why the latest election results might finally signal the beginning of the end.
The Second Coming. Apparently.
Well, well, well.
The Republicans have taken an absolute kicking in the American midterm elections, with the Democrats winning control of Congress. But fear not, because Donald Trump has explained everything.
Apparently, the Republicans would have won ...
Nigel Farage was said to be “deeply embarrassed” this afternoon after it emerged that he had conducted a financial transaction entirely within the laws of the land.
The Reform UK leader reportedly reacted with disbelief when informed that the transaction appeared to be perfectly legal, properly recorded and compliant with current financial regulations.
Extremely Concerning
“This is obviously extremely concerning,” said a ...
The Miraculous Conversion
Death does strange things to people’s memories.
Since Rod Liddle died, Britain appears to have discovered that it secretly loved every word he ever wrote. People who presumably spent Sunday mornings carefully preserving his columns in leather-bound volumes have emerged from everywhere to tell us that he was fearless, brilliant, hilarious and, naturally, a national treasure.
It has been quite a transformati...
I’ve been doing a bit of reading into why some people refuse to accept climate change, and it turns out the answer is a bit more complicated than assuming they failed GCSE Science and have been quietly pissed off about it ever since.
The evidence suggests that, for many people, rejecting climate change has surprisingly little to do with the climate.
It’s about people.
The Inconvenient Inconvenience
Accepting climate change often ...
Restore UK has decided one of Britain’s great lost treasures is smoking in pubs.
Restore is a wonderfully appropriate name because, if we’re restoring things, let’s stop being half-hearted about it. Why cherry-pick one outdated idea when we can bring back the entire catalogue?
Why stop at smoking in pubs?
Let’s bring back polio. It will give children something to talk about. It’s character building.
How about a dose of ...
