Fascism arrives as your friend
Last night I was reading a Scandi-noir book, though not written by a Swede or Norwegian but by an English author who lives in rural Sweden. The book, the fourth in a series about...
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“It’s utter crap”
Yesterday the UK government announced it would send asylum seekers to Rwanda to be ‘processed’. However it appears that even if these asylum seekers are accepted as refugees they will not be returned to...
Who are the non-doms?
More than 93% of those classified in a recent report as non-doms in 2018 were born abroad. An additional 4% have lived abroad for a substantial period. Non-doms are wealthy, mainly earning over £5...
“We haven’t moved on”
Along with further denials of any breach of the covid regulations in Downing Street over Partygate, despite the Met’s issuing of a first tranche of 20 fixed penalty notices with £50 fines, Prime Minister...
The Misinformed Man
This was said by Jacob Rees-Mogg, Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, on LBC this morning. This is the clip of the programme. So, there we have it. The Prime Minister repeatedly assured...
A coronation like no other – Part 1
According to the Telegraph: ‘The Queen is to make a permanent move to Windsor Castle after not staying at Buckingham Palace for two years. The 95-year-old monarch has been “working from home” at the...
Kleptocracy in the UK
“Without actively complicit service providers facing prison and negligent ones facing punitive fines, it is hard to see how transnational kleptocracy can be arrested in the UK, however well-drafted the law. The net effect...
“Imagine screaming headlines: President steals a little. But everybody does the same.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, was born to Jewish parents on 25 January 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, which was at that time in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. His father was a professor and...
We want to build our own history
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in an emotional plea to the Russian people. “Neighbours are always enriching each other culturally. Yet, that does not make them one entity, and does not separate people into “us”...
Waiting on Gray
Journalists were saying the Sue Gray report would be published today, but so far no indication of that though Johnson is believed to have received it. Not good news. Interesting. As tomorrow is Holocaust...
