Category Archives: cults

Grumpy old men

A couple of weeks back Daily show host Jon Steward got himself into hot water by asking questions about whether Joe Biden might be too old to be president (Biden will be 82 on election day and 86 when he … Continue reading

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The closure of Port Talbot is due to brexit, not net zero

Tata, the owners of the steel works at Port Talbot in Wales, recently announced they were shutting down this historic plant, with the immediate loss of 3000 jobs. This will be devastating to the local community, as this is the … Continue reading

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What the post office scandal says about Britain

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Post Christmas news

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The corrupt hypocrisy of the Tory cult

So it seems the biggest losers from the Tories latest immigration policy will be British citizens. Terrified by the jump in net migration numbers (even thought its entirely consistent with the post brexit reality), the Tories have raised the threshold … Continue reading

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Pre-Christmas news

No shame Tories…. So we’ve seen the return of sir “call me Dave” of pigtoon. This is the fellow who, to quote Jeremy Paxman “gambled the country’s fortunes for the sake of the Tory party and after he mucked it … Continue reading

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News Roundup

Been ill the last few days (possibly covid, who knows!). So I thought I might do a quick update. Tory cult prepares to go into hibernation The message we’ve been getting from the Tory client media is that we can’t … Continue reading

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Right privilege

So for the last couple of years now the Tories have been dealing with various protesters from extinction rebellion, just stop oil et al blocking traffic, spraying orange paint at various events and otherwise making a nuisance of themselves. Similar … Continue reading

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The cult of Trump and the dangerous hypocrisy of Republicans

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Debunking right wing myths: Ultra Low Emission Zones

The political right is out of ideas and even the ideas they do still support (such as neo-liberal capitalism, i.e. the rich get richer while everyone else gets poorer), aren’t exactly very crowd friendly. So, while they have every intention … Continue reading

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