Anyone who has followed Brexit with any degree of interest would have heard about Boris Johnson’s appointment of Dominic Cummings. Rampant Brexiters would have celebrated with a slow fist pump. Remainers and those trying to find a path to common sense, would have said ‘Oh no…now we are fucked’.
Academic Genius
The son of an oil rig project manager and a special needs
teacher, Cummings was something of an academic genius. Without ...
If Russian data analysts and hackers (which now seems apparent)
were engaged to help create Trump and Brexit, they did a good job.
I was never clear how data analysts could corrupt elections
until I watched ‘The Hack’ on Saturday. The Netflix Original documentary was excellent
in that it explained how this happens in simplified terms.
Data Hacking
With personal information stripped from Facebook accounts by
organisations (chiefly ...
Anyone who reads this post regularly will know I don’t hold a candle for Boris Johnson. In my opinion, he is a bit fat fraud who utilises traditional British buffoonery as a tool to gain support from people who read The Daily Mail too much.
A bit like the other blonde slob across the pond, with
Boris, the worse his record of behaviour becomes, the more his supporters
double down. He throws them a remark made from gammon; they gobble it ...
I always wondered what it would be like for England to win
something. I was born after 1966 but I do remember the rugby in 2003 where I
felt like I was at someone else’s party. I quite like rugby as a sport, but I
have never had anything other than a tenuous link with England regarding any passionate
support. RFU people aren’t really my type if I am entirely honest.
I have loved football and cricket for as long as I can
remember but ...
The biggest problem with the Labour Party and the
antisemitism problem that just won’t go away, is ignorance. If you asked 80% of
the UK population to differentiate between being Jewish and Zionist, they
wouldn’t be able to help you.
This ignorance has been utilised by the sections of the media
looking to attack Jeremy Corbyn and his socialist vision. However, it is also
an issue amongst Labour Party members and the public. It also ...