BY ALEX STORY “Is it true that you called her a fat pig?”“No,” came the reply, “I called her a pig.”“Come to think of it, Meredith,” he continued, “is she fat?”“Let’s get off the subject,” replied Meredith Vieira of The Today Show. Donald Trump recounts the anecdote in his book Think Big and Kick Ass, published in 2007. It followed a controversy involving Rosie O’Donnell, sometimes described … Continue reading The Art of Retribution
BY ALEX STORY The blind can now see. We live in a time of miracles. That which was hitherto hidden lies fully exposed. The European Union has acted as puberty blockers for the godforsaken countries that live under its malignant authority—or those, like Great Britain, being inexorably sucked back into its deadly orbit with the approval of their feckless ‘leadership’ class. Nothing showed how far … Continue reading When the Blind Get to See
BY JOHN ISMAEL The spectacle of a Chancellor in tears is never edifying, but in the case of Rachel Reeves, it was something worse—it was revealing. Here was a woman entrusted with the stewardship of the nation’s finances, buckling under the ordinary pressures of political life, her distress paraded before the cameras like a public confession of inadequacy. She claimed, of course, that it was … Continue reading Rachel Reeves: A Chancellor Out of Her Depth
BY DR NIALL McCRAE How a provincial solicitor forced Starmer’s U-turn on rape gangs inquiry At last, the Prime Minister has ordered a statutory inquiry into ‘grooming gangs’. Critics believe that Sir Keir Starmer had turned a blind eye to the systematic sexual abuse of white girls by gangs of Pakistani men, when he was Director of Public Prosecutions. That’s quite a charge, when you … Continue reading Chapeau, Mr Tilbrook
BY FRANK HAVILAND The furore raised by Professor Matt Goodwin’s latest research – that White Brits will become a minority in the UK by 2063 – is somewhat unjustified. This is neither a knock on Goodwin personally (I like what I’ve seen of him, for what it’s worth), nor his conclusions. It’s merely the fact that such information has been in the public domain for at least … Continue reading The Slow Death of Britain?
BY ALEX STORY Macron, Merz and Starmer met on a train to Kiev, to discuss important matters pertaining to the war in the Ukraine. The threesome would hold talks with Zelensky. The aim: to push Russia to agree a reasonable ceasefire. With real prospects of further escalation, the stakes could hardly be higher. To capture the solemn occasion, Agence France Press (AFP), the reputed French … Continue reading On the Devil’s Dandruff?
BY ALEX STORY Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Reform, spoke of the “remoralisation” of the young following his party’s recent local election successes. It struck me as a profoundly meaningful word. He argued that the process must begin by teaching history accurately, reminding our children of our country’s greatness and of its Greats. There is much to be proud of, yet over the last two … Continue reading An Old Fresh View
BY ALEX STORY In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s finding on April 16th which ‘clarified’ what a woman was, Starmer stayed silent on the topic for close to a week. During an interview on ITN about a week later, when asked whether a ‘Trans Woman’ was a woman he replied ‘a woman is an adult female‘. He welcomed the findings because, ‘it’s real clarity … Continue reading The Blind Ruling Over the One-eyed
BY ALEX STORY Sometimes distance brings clarity. In a note to investors, former Hedge Fund manager, current martial arts expert and forever Kiwi, Derek Wallis wrote: “The EU abandoned the defence necessary for their sovereignty to finance welfare states, which they destroyed with mass immigration”. He added that they now “have infinite migrants, bankrupt social programs, and a complete lack of security” Indeed, the EU’s … Continue reading Lessons Never Learned
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN In recent years, populism has risen on both sides of the Atlantic. It claims the mantle of conservatism. But it is not conservatism. Figures like Donald Trump and movements like MAGA do not stand for the ideals that defined Margaret Thatcher. Thatcherism was built on conviction, principle, and a clear vision for renewal. Populism thrives on grievance, division, and resentment. It is … Continue reading Thatcher, Not Trump
BY ALEX STORY Starmer went to Washington to kiss Trump’s golden ring just as a provincial would have a Roman Emperor’s. The UK press thought the humiliating spectacle went well. As a synopsis, on the Chagos Islands and Ukraine, our Prime Minister sought the backing of a foreign power in pursuit of his own foreign policy objectives. Giving Chagos to Mauritius, to which they never … Continue reading Not a Serious Country
BY STEWART SLATER It is a strange phenomenon in humanity that the same idea will often occur to different people at roughly the same time. Newton and Leibnitz invented calculus almost simultaneously. And spent decades arguing over who did so first. Similarly, the late 2000’s were a (actually, the) Golden Age of animated films about penguins. Film pairs follow the iron law of Highlander and … Continue reading The Meaning of Munich
BY ALEX STORY It has become routine to decry our civil servants and politicians as incompetent, lazy and, increasingly, illiterate. Given the speed at which the country is accelerating towards the cliffs, all three adjectives are surely accurate, if not too soft. With tedious regularity, sundry establishment figures come out to make an announcement, supposedly designed to cheer the multitudes. Each one, however, is a … Continue reading Risus Fatuorum
BY ALEX STORY Axel Rudakubana won’t serve life in prison. The Southport stabbings were not an act of terror. Firstly, Starmer ruled out a whole life sentence for Rudakubana because Keir “takes our commitment to international law seriously”. Rudakubana, you see, was a handful of days under 18 when he committed his barbarous acts and the UN tells us that a child can’t receive “life … Continue reading The Bark on the Tree, Never the Forest
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN These days, the old filters seem broken. Left-Right. Authoritarian-Libertarian. None hold much weight. But one distinction still cuts through: Macro and Micro. Plato captured this divide in his ‘Ship of State’ metaphor. On one side are the macro thinkers – the captains. They chart the course, watching the stars to navigate the vast sea. They make big, bold decisions, like George W. … Continue reading Ad Extrema
BY STEWART SLATER Stewart Slater works in Finance. He invites you to join him at his website. Continue reading A Political Lexicon
BY ALEX STORY In Blackadder Goes Forth, General Melchett tells Private Baldrick not to worry “my boy”, as another offensive on the Western Front is being planned. “If you should falter, remember that Captain Darling and I are behind you”, says the moustachioed general to which Captain Blackadder responds, “about 35 miles behind you”. There was something of Melchett and Darling in Sir Keir Starmer … Continue reading No Consequences?
BY NICK PEARCE From scout masters to librarians, the Labour Party has a long and sordid history of councillors getting exposed as paedophiles. With former Labour MP (Former Minister of State for Veterans’ Affairs) Ivor Caplin in the news this weekend for his arrest on suspicion of engaging in sexual communication with a child (see video below), the spotlight has shone once again on Labour’s … Continue reading Labour: Can of Nonces
BY DAVID EYLES Politics is driven by ideas, culture and events. Ideas and culture may sometimes clash to produce unintended consequences. These consequences, and events from outside the system, will dictate the outcome. The economist and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb used the term ‘black swan event’ to describe those events which occur rarely, and which are not only unexpected but unpredictable by virtue of being … Continue reading Starmer and the Nazgul of Events
BY DAVID EYLES Reform, the Tories, and a few other minor matters The interplay between the Conservative Party and Reform is interesting, but at the moment in political terms, appears outwardly to be relatively unimportant. Who actually forms the main right-wing Opposition to a government which is currently completely out of control in its destruction of the entire country is, in the narrow sense, academic. … Continue reading What Happens Now?
