BY STEWART SLATER There is something in the air. A steady drumbeat growing steadily louder. What had been a whisper is now a steady chorus. The adults are back. Serious people are on the cusp of retaking politics and doing serious things after that unfortunate interregnum when the children (plebs? There is always an air of class-based sneering about these things) gained control and messed … Continue reading The Populism of Centrists
BY GARY MCGHEE When I was a child my mum bought me some marionettes for Xmas. One was a frog and the other a caterpillar. I loved them at first and played with them a lot and did not favour one above the other, but I soon got bored with them because all they could do was jump up and down on strings when I … Continue reading The Puppets
BY SEAN FLYNN “The next two months for Ireland will be gruelling – and unforgettable” writes Keith Duggan in the Irish Times. The Republic of Ireland faces meltdown after October 31st if the UK leaves the EU on WTO terms. Ireland faces food and medicine shortages and 110,000 job losses if there’s a No Deal Brexit, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned on August 1st. Meanwhile the … Continue reading Boris’ Feet
BY JON ALEXANDER So, after years of screaming bigot, racist, nazi and a whole heap of other insults our way, the Left have decided to term “populism” as an insult. A way to describe those who are easily led by the wrong ideas. The sort of people who don’t know what’s best for themselves and rely on the likes of Owen Jones, Laurie Penny and … Continue reading Populism – A Pointless Insult
