Everything will be just fine…
There only reason Boris Johnson is able to bypass parliament is that no one really believes he can do anything anyway.
Politics
Loco Election
The local election results don’t really say anything new, but they do reduce the number of possible explanations for the 2017 general election result. These […]
Election: Democracy and Representation
In this post, I make a confession. As much as I regret voting for Corbyn, as much as I argued against him in the second […]
Progressive Alliance: with who?! BACK LABOUR!
Strong view warning. I did leave this a few days with the intention of toning it down once I’d calmed a bit. It turns out […]
Can Corbyn win? Elections, Destiny and David Eddings
The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as […]
Tech Terror Crackdown: Moral or Political Problem?
Boris “oh what a fun haircut I’ve got” Johnson has attacked technology firms describing the fact that they profit from advertising revenue next to extremist […]
Review – The Young Pope
The philosopher Jacques Derrida once said ‘Inheritance is an act’. At least, I’ve been told he did. I’ve never read it myself, and as much […]
Žižek and the Myth of the Public Intellectual
Forgot to post this at the time. Oh well. I was dismayed at Žižek’s endorsement of Trump, and in the name of justice I took […]
Is Corbyn a Populist? Trumped-Up Political Strategy
There is but one true and profound political lesson from 2016, and that is that people are ignorant of political issues. At the same time, […]
US Election: Žižek Endorsed Trump
Big news everyone! I’ve changed my blog name! Logo pending. Also, Žižek endorsed Trump. No, really. Have a look at the video below. I guess […]
Labour’s Future: How to Attack Tory Policy
The true question of both recent leadership elections has been “Do we pander to populism in order to seek power and repair the damage, or […]
Traingate: Corbyn Kills the Case for Public Ownership
Traingate: a news day that should have been about NHS ended up being about whether or not Jeremy Corbyn lied about having to sit on […]