… in fact only a small proportion are but, as I argued six years ago in one of my increasingly rare non political posts – and little knowing how much extra weight this truth would be called on to shoulder … Read More »
Meet Laurel, who has opened up a canyon in the world of identity politics. Says wiki: [As a man] Hubbard set New Zealand junior records … later surpassed by David Liti. In 2012 Hubbard was appointed Executive Officer for Olympic … Read More »
Let me start by fixing one or two small errors and omissions on Abe Lincoln’s part: You can fool some most of the people all of the time, and all of the people some most of the time, but you … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone yesterday on growing up. Apart from two sentences of modern monetary theory, she has my full agreement. And as ever, Caitlin has a way of putting things that keeps me going back for more. Part of growing up, … Read More »
Spotted on Facebook and reproduced here in abridged form, these seem existential insights but I have to ask: which form of society has taken one side of our dual nature, as individuated yet social animals, further than any other? Inability … Read More »
Will Met Commissioner Cressida Dick, Britain’s highest ranking police officer, fall on her sword? It seems likely, though she’s come out fighting amid widespread criticism from unusually high places of her force’s conduct at Clapham Common on Saturday night. More … Read More »
Today on Al-Jazeera: Police in London clashed with mourners and protesters on Saturday after more than 1,000 people gathered for a vigil for a 33-year-old woman killed by a male police officer, hours after he appeared in court. Sarah Everard’s … Read More »
There ought to be a club for Left bloggers like me. Every once in a while we’d get together on Zoom to talk shop. I’m sure one issue, doubt, would come up again and again. Not doubt in the factual … Read More »