The term ‘Whataboutism’ is something that came to my attention the other day. I had sort of heard of it, but I didn’t really know it was a tool used as a way of deflecting guilt.
Nazi Germany and the USSR
Apparently, it was well used in Nazi Germany and Cold war Russia.
Germany would defend putting Jews in camps, with other European countries doing
the same thing during the ‘Race to Africa’.
Communist Russia would deflect ...
One of the hardest things to understand as a white person, is
what it is like to be a black person. I think that the events of the last week
should tell us to try harder to find a way of understanding.
There was a chap on the radio earlier today who caught my
attention. He described himself as six foot three and of West Indian descent. He
explained a situation where a woman ploughed into his car. The accident was her
fault but because of his ...
So, what have we learnt from DomGate?
Personally, it has been confirmation of what I thought would happen. Dominic Cummings was never going to resign, and Boris Johnson was never going to sack him. In many ways it has been a great exercise in understanding their relationship and how they are as individuals. It is widely thought that Cummings is a career psychopath, so there was no way he was going to be humble and apologise. But did Johnson ...
I think that the first way to understand the rights and
wrongs of unelected de facto Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, is this. Imagine
if leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, had done the same. Take a minute or
so.
The thing that is a trifle odd about the outrage aimed at
Dominic Cummings, is that it is small beer in comparison to his general
behaviour. He used all kinds of legal and illegal forms of unethical practice
during Brexit, and ...
The immigration points system vote in parliament yesterday was a crushing blow for people who come to the UK to work. It is also a crushing blow for businesses that rely on them. Leisure, retail, construction, agriculture and care services will all be trying to figure out where they can source their workforce.
The government have squared that circle in the agricultural industry. Last week they voted down a bill that asked for American ...
