Category Archives: Global warming denial

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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Something is rotten in the state of Illinois

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Farmer protests and the dangers of conservatism

Recently there’s been a number of farmers protests ongoing in France, and other parts of Europe, that I think warrant’s commenting on. Notably because the brexiters are sticking their noses in…oh the irony! In fact Fishy Ri$hi showed up to … 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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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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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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Holiday Catchup – the calm before the storm

I’ve been on my holidays back in Ireland. It was nice to get away from the mad house that was the UK for a wee while. A lot seems to have happened since then. Zombie government and the looming winter … Continue reading

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Debunking right wing myths – The good old days

A few weeks back Johnson, under pressure from a no confidence vote, made a bizarre announcement. That the UK would be re-introducing imperial units of measure. Now that we are out of the EU, we can buy beer and milk … Continue reading

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