I was concerned, but not surprised, to see that a postgraduate student at Nottingham University was recently arrested and held by police for six days under anti-terrorism laws, before being released w… more →
konichiwa, bitches.wrote 2 weeks ago: The European Union tells its vassals, “You have all of these rights, except when we say you don’t.” … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: If you’re British and step outside of your home, then it’s obvious that you’re pro … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: They talk as if people taking to the streets would be a bad thing. “In a sombre report on the outloo … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Once again, Britain sets the standard for creepy bureaucratic busybodies sticking their noses into t … more →
wrote 4 months ago: George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four might be the most influential novel of the twentiet … more →
wrote 7 months ago: This is not a book review of these two timeless classics! Both of them werewritten before my parents … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Back in March, the UK Guardian published video footage showing how the police were surveilling prote … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I was concerned, but not surprised, to see that a postgraduate student at Nottingham University was … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s been around for a while now, but when I first listened to the Grey Album I thought it was one o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Immigrants who want to become British and settle permanently in the UK will need to pass more tests … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In the positive spirit of the kind comments on my last post, The Tampon Teabag has invited me to li … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I have recently got around to reading Simon Winder’s The Man Who Saved Britain, an amusing an … more →
wrote 2 years ago: So let me get this right. Owing to circumstances entirely outside my control, I am unable to obtain … more →
wrote 2 years ago: So that’s alright then. The carefully-choreographed encounter, like an act of animal husbandry … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Well that didn’t last long. The Chicken Yoghurt recently marked Tony Blair’s new job as … more →
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wrote 2 years ago: It has, sadly, become a summer tradition. Every year since 2000, as a new series of Big Brother take … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The Euston Manifesto group recently organised a discussion on the future of getting these uppity to … more →
wrote 2 years ago: While the world’s attention was focussed this week on how dirty the Scots are, I have been gra … more →