Over the weekend, several towns in eastern Ukraine were taken over by “pro-Russian militias”, including Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Druzhkovka. I put the militias bit in quotations due to there being a lot of scepticism on the ground about just how grassroots these uprisings were. Many of the fighters for the pro-Russian cause were sporting fairly […]
Archives for April 2014
God Reappears
After a long absence, the Lord of all has suddenly re-entered the political stage in this country. Quite why I’m not really sure, but let’s start with the relevant examples. We start at the top, with the Prime Minister of the nation. At the Downing Street Easter reception last week, Cameron declared: “Jesus invented the […]
Mark Reckless and his Crimea-esque “referendum”
You might not have heard, but there’s been a vote and Britain has decided to leave the EU. All right, Kent has decided that Britain should leave the EU. Hold on, scratch that, three thousand people in Mark Reckless’ constituency have voted to leave the EU. In a quasi-referendum that Mark Reckless put on all […]
MY SPEECH IN ROME
Rome was lovely. I left a London that was 6 degrees to arrive into 22 degrees of southern Italian paradise. So the sunshine alone would have made the trip worth it. But I learned a great deal during my brief time in Italy as well. I knew a little about the proposed changes to the […]
IMAGINE A REFERENDUM ON BANKER’S BONUSES
Many on the Right of this country are desperate to have an In/Out referendum on our continuing membership of the European Union. To be fair, there are also many on the semi-Stalinist, non-internationalist Left who would like the same thing. But mostly the pressure for such a referendum comes from those on the Right. Late […]
THOUGHTS ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF KURT COBAIN’S DEATH
This weekend marks the twenty year anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. On April 5th, 1994, the news was heard: the lead singer of Nirvana had apparently committed suicide. Although the group had only been in the public consciousness for just over two years, it seemed a monumental announcement. Even to those who weren’t passionate fans […]
PMQS REVIEW – APRIL 2ND
Verdict: Miliband wins, but Cameron gets in some good punches at the end. Review: Miliband won because he had an open goal and for once decided to fire the ball into it. No matter how the government tries to spin the fact that Royal Mail share prices have gone up considerably since the sell off […]