Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. Adolf Hitler Facts have been thin on the ground in the UK post the referendum result. Some newspapers, like the Express, read like they are straight out of a banana republic (though thankfully they’ve been forced to withdraw some …
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Reasons to be cheerful, or why brexit is very unlikely…
Theresa May said “brexit means brexit”, we see a parade of right wing clowns into the government roles related to negotiating brexit and we hear the rest of the EU wants us out. So if you believe in the UK’s EU membership you should suck it up and get over it, right? Wrong. Neither the economy …
Bregret?
For another post about brexit, I actually wanted to start with yesterday’s events of the publishing of the very long overdue Chilcott inquiry. For those praising the outcome, allow me to be extremely critical of the time and expense taken to publish a report that confirmed what many people thought years ago. That said though, …
Into the abyss
Someone needs to press the reset button on Brexsh1t and fast. Today’s bad news brought you multiple downgrades from credit rating agencies, making it more expensive to borrow money. The pound and shares in key companies (airlines, house builders and banks) declined precipitously. The FTSE 250 (which better reflects the UK economy than the FTSE …
Brexsh1t
Apologies for the title, but I’m angry because my country has been stolen by liars. It feels like there has been a coup. There are no tanks on the streets, but the prime minster has resigned because he tried to campaign on facts and was defeated by bare faced lies told by liars. I’ve seen …
Remain
I don’t suppose this will surprise anyone who knows me or who has seen my Facebook account, but I’m voting for remain in the EU referendum. I explicitly don’t want this to turn into a negative post (though some parts of it will be) so I will try and make positive statements. The pictures were …
Respect
Last Friday, I headed over to Parliament Square to pay my respects to Jo Cox MP, the member of parliament murdered by a right-wing fanatic, seemingly angered by her support for Britain to remain in the EU. For the last few years the poisonous media narrative has been about corrupt MPs only out for themselves, …
