It’s a predictable question for this time of year, but one which needs to be asked again. And so this is Christmas And what have you done? What exactly? Covered yourself in glory? Or featuring repeat… more →
ten minutes hateJulia Smith wrote 6 days ago: It’s a predictable question for this time of year, but one which needs to be asked again. And so thi … more →
Julia Smith wrote 2 months ago: Quote from a ’senior source’ talking about the latest expenses scandal: We were led up t … more →
Julia Smith wrote 3 months ago: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that police acted in self-defence in Genoa but the fami … more →
Julia Smith wrote 4 months ago: you don't have to be... but it helps A couple of different commentators in the same paper today … more →
Julia Smith wrote 5 months ago: Marine putting health in danger US Forces in war zones are not going to be banned from smoking, as t … more →
Julia Smith wrote 5 months ago: At times, there is an awful lot of chatter about how ‘1984 is coming true’ and a blog wi … more →
Julia Smith wrote 9 months ago: You can look back to the thirties and forties and think how much easier it was then, when the bad gu … more →
BHudson wrote 10 months ago: I’m having a state-the-obvious day, because (for want of another reason), not many people seem … more →
morelly wrote 11 months ago: The BBC refuses to broadcast a DEC appeal for Gaza; the Today programme invites Tony Benn to comment … more →
Lex Fear wrote 2 years ago: “On the wall outside his former residence – flat number 27B – where Orwell lived u … more →
Lex Fear wrote 2 years ago: The American rhetorical right has published a new Big Brothers charter, and encouraging fellow fasci … more →
Lex Fear wrote 3 years ago: Very funny comment over at Right Hand of God. “In ‘Cowboys & Indians,’ they al … more →
Lex Fear wrote 3 years ago: I’ll start by saying that I am not anti-Israel and I believe it has a right to exist as a nati … more →