Bernie Banged Up

A Cautionary Tale of Free Speech and Misinformation Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Spofforth, the highly successful businesswoman, was among the first to use X (formerly Twitter) to falsely identify the suspect in the tragic killing of three girls outside a Taylor Swift dance class as a Muslim asylum seeker who had recently arrived in the UK by boat. As a result, Bernie was arrested and held in … Continue reading Bernie Banged Up

Saving the Planet One Mask at a Time

BY BERNADETTE SPOFFORTH Guest Writer Bernie Spofforth on the inevitable mask mountain Nothing has brought out the worst piousness and virtue signalling in certain sections of society like Covid. These latter-day self-styled saints have shown their do-goodery by wearing their sacrifice like a hair shirt, wilfully oblivious to the collateral damages of Covid restrictions, lockdowns and shifting human behavioural patterns. As COP26 gathers together to … Continue reading Saving the Planet One Mask at a Time

China’s Consumerist Virus

BY BERNADETTE SPOFFORTH Guest Writer Bernadette Spofforth on the West’s China dependencies China’s exploitation of consumerism is a virus, but we created it. I have many experiences of business in China, over 25 years in fact, from dealing with small family factories to multibillion-dollar factories; good ones, who at least attempt to follow ethical working practices, to ones that hide child workers before inspections. They … Continue reading China’s Consumerist Virus