The terms of this treaty are simple. In return for the lifting of rules designed to wreck trade between Britain and Northern Ireland imposed by Brussels, the EU under its unelected President Ursula Von de Leyen ( did you vote for her when we were in the EU?) Britain has agreed to recognise the European Court of Justice having final … [Read on]
Scott Adams, creator of the cult comic strip character Dilbert, the put-upon office worker who mocks the fads of corporate culture, was accused by the BBC today of a ‘racist tirade’ against blacks. The BBC reported that Mr Adams ‘who is white [my italics], said black Americans were part of a “hate group” and white people should “get the hell … [Read on]
Quelle surprise! Another Brexit sell-out with the ‘Windsor Framework’ replacement of the Northern Ireland Protocol? While we await details of the agreement, some aspects are clear – as are their implications. Politics – and EU politics especially – excel at obfuscating issues. The EU has, from its start, wrapped itself in Byzantine laws and procedures to obscure its underhand goals. … [Read on]
It’s no picnic, being middle class. We belong to what is the most envied and despised subculture on the planet. While economists often attribute political instability to the developing world, particularly South America, to the failure of the middle class to become established, the left are inclined to blame the same people, the ‘bourgeoisie’, for all the ills of society. … [Read on]
The Performing Rights Society (PRS) is a body that collects a modest levy on the playing of music in public spaces, in order that the musicians or composers be paid a small sum each time their work – ie their intellectual and artistic property – is broadcast. This seems fairly reasonable, though as usual, power corrupts: “In October 2009, PRS … [Read on]
Letter in the Sunday Telegraph 19.2.23 “My wife is currently 2 years into a spouse visa, it cost £3000.00+ to obtain that she is a trainee accountant level 6. Next year we will have to apply again for a 30 month extension, same costs again, £3000.00 (which includes an NHS charge), with no guarantee it will be granted. My friend told … [Read on]
It is rumoured that AI is censored to promote woke ideas. There is a story that somebody designed an AI bot called DAN with extreme right wing views on race, homosexuality, immigration etc, which gave ‘the wrong’ answers when asked such questions as, ‘Do illegal migrants commit more crimes than legal migrants?’ ‘Are women women, or can a woman be … [Read on]
It’s no picnic, being middle class. We belong to what is the most envied and despised subculture on the planet. While economists often attribute political instability to the developing world, particularly South America, to the failure of the middle class to become established, the left are inclined to blame the same people, the ‘bourgeoisie’, for all the ills of society. … [Read on]
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