Watson’s Antisemitism Hypocrisy
CSM EDITORIAL Tom Watson’s play for the leadership of the Labour Party has been obvious for many years now. This week’s bashing of Jeremy Corbyn and his acolytes by Watson is nothing new. Watson correctly declared that “only sunlight can disinfect Labour of anti-Semitism now” and he critiqued Labour’s handling of its spiralling antisemitism crisis. Watson slammed Labour and its General Secretary Jennie Formby, a close … Continue reading Watson’s Antisemitism Hypocrisy
A Walk
BY RAINER RILKE My eyes already touch the sunny hill. going far beyond the road I have begun, So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp; it has an inner light, even from a distance- and changes us, even if we do not reach it, into something else, which, hardly sensing it, we already are; a gesture waves us on answering our own wave… … Continue reading A Walk
Major Headache
BY JAMIE FOSTER Ex-Prime Minister John Major seems to have seriously lost the plot as he threatens to judicially review Boris Johnson if he decides to prorogue parliament to get a no deal Brexit through. Former British PM Sir John Major will "seek a judicial review" to prevent the next prime minister suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit #r4today https://t.co/MyWlMEV8nK pic.twitter.com/0aLl8Ej5H5 — BBC … Continue reading Major Headache
Ground Beef Wellington
Ingredients 1 onion 1 carrot 1 celery stick 1 potato medium 2-3 cloves garlic 5 mushrooms 4 rosemary or thyme sprigs leaves only 2 tbsp olive oil 80g frozen peas 1 lbs ground beef 500g/17oz puff pastry flour for rolling salt and pepper to taste Instructions Preheat your oven to 350F/180C and take the pastry out of the fridge to soften a bit. Peel … Continue reading Ground Beef Wellington
Seismic Shocks Needed
BY PAUL NEWALL This month began with a seismic shock and I’m not talking about the LA earthquakes. Jeffrey Epstein, billionaire financier and convicted child abuser, was arrested for crimes that he had already been convicted of in 2008. At that time some people suggested that he had received a sweetheart deal having only pled guilty to one charge of child prostitution – receiving 18 … Continue reading Seismic Shocks Needed
Christianity & Open Borders
BY SAM HOOPER Here in the USA Rod Dreher has an angry, searching piece in response to the news that the Catholic Bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz, has apparently been joyfully intimidating American Customs & Border Protection Agency guards into allowing already-rejected or returned migrants from Central America back from Mexico into the United States, in open violation of the law. Dreher: I admire religious leaders … Continue reading Christianity & Open Borders
New Zealand Sauvignon Punch
Ingredients: 3 oz New Zealand sauvignon blanc wine 1⁄2 oz Aperol 1⁄2 oz Fresh grapefruit juice 1⁄2 oz Fresh lemon juice 1⁄4 oz Simple syrup Club soda Instructions: Add all the ingredients except the soda to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake, and strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Top with soda. Continue reading New Zealand Sauvignon Punch
Time for Optimism
CSM EDITORIAL For Brexiteers the last three years have been as annoying as can be. We’ve had Project Fear thrown at us, a Continuity Remain backlash – thrusting all kinds of muppets into the public conversation – and we’ve had a Prime Minister who both thwarted Brexit and lost the plot. Maybe we should have expected blowback from the European Union – they need our … Continue reading Time for Optimism
We Need to Talk About Kevin
BY ANDREW MOODY Lionel Shriver is no stranger to controversy. Last year she was dropped from a Penguin short story judge panel for making “offensive” remarks on literary diversity. In a column for the Spectator in June of that month, she angrily wrote: “Drunk on virtue, Penguin Random House no longer regards the company’s raison d’etre as the acquisition and dissemination of good books. Rather, the … Continue reading We Need to Talk About Kevin
