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The birth of a new ruler... 24 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
...and how English people (and the media) are celebrating it.
Thatcher's homophobia: the forgotten legacy 14 Apr 2013 | 05:43 pm
Caught between rising homophobic violence and tackling discrimination, Thatcher made it very clear where she stood. In the wake of former PM Margaret Thatcher's death, a military-scale process of san...
Vile? Take a look in the mirror 5 Apr 2013 | 07:03 pm
How right-wingers excel at preying on the dead. I don't recall the Daily Fail, George Osborne, or David Cameron trying to score pathetic political points back in 2008 - when millionaire Christopher F...
Hagley Road to Australia 23 May 2012 | 04:29 am
From Sydney with love... This is a picture of my new area. It's in the Sydney district of Pyrmont (super recommended if you happen to be Down Under), and it explains why things haven't been so activ...
The Change-Up 9 Apr 2012 | 03:40 am
Gooey. Fans of the recent strand of US comedies including the excellent Horrible Bosses and The Hangover would be mistaken to think that The Change-Up was anywhere near the same league. Sure, it fea...
Brick shithouse 6 Apr 2012 | 09:38 pm
Damn. I did it. Like a plonker. After days of stumbling into the name "Samantha Brick" no matter which website I'd browse, I finally clicked on the link to her original Mail article, thus adding a pre...
The Syndicate 2 Apr 2012 | 06:52 pm
Realism and suspense from BBC One's new excellent drama. TV is increasingly crying out for products a little more in tune with the real world and a little less inclined to treat the British viewer li...
Cliches of 2012 #3 2 Apr 2012 | 05:20 am
"The labour market in countries like Spain and Italy is too inflexible". If you could pocket a tenner each time you hear the above cliche', you'd probably be rich enough to qualify for one of George ...
Tory clowns, civil liberties... 1 Apr 2012 | 11:24 pm
...and u-turns so pathetic that you're left wondering if this government is for real. Remember when Tories and LibDem alike were rinsing their gob with attacks on New Labour's "erosion of civil liber...
Power, arrogance and Bradford 1 Apr 2012 | 07:36 am
George Galloway's triumph meant a kick in the nuts for Labour. But look at the childish Tory reaction to their own humiliation. They lost 24% of the votes in less than two years and went from calling...
