So Political History Is Another Thing AOC Is Ignorant Of Then
Soon enough it'll be shorter to print a listing of subjects that Alexandria Ocasio Cortez does know about. For she's shown here that to...
MPs Should Quit Social Media Says Parliamentary Health Watchdog
There are two thoughts that flow from this insistence that, for the sake of their fragile mental health, Members of Parliament should quit Twitter...
9 November 1989 – We the people, the free and equal citizens of democracies,...
Owen Jones and Grandpa Death can bugger off. And worse.
The greatest single moment in human freedom. Take it away Mr. O'Rourke:
The people in the...
What Really Drives The Bastards Batty
The cliche is that it's personal ambition that propels most politicians. Unfortunately, I think it's true, at least for the biggest of them. What...
The Rotten Fruits of Socialism
Ah yes, they're at it again. Venezuela isn't real socialism. North Korea isn't real socialism. Cuba isn't real socialism. In fact anywhere that's tried...
Public Electoral Funding Would Revolutionise Politics
From our ever popular series of "Questions in Salon we can answer" comes this one about public electoral funding:
Could public funding of elections revolutionize...
When Mueller Will Be Unleashed
There's a lot of speculation about the Special Counsel investigating Russia interference in the US electoral process in 2016 and subsequently. While it is...
Beto’s A Hacker – Reuters Sat On Story Until Race Was Over
Beto O'Rourke was a member of a teenage hacking crew. Perhaps the only interesting thing anyone's ever said about him actually. A Reuters reporter...
Labour’s Minimum Wage – Britain Can Be A Beacon To The World
We do all, of course, want the UK to be a beacon of shining hope in this perilous and depressing world. Therefore we should...
Take Granny On Holiday – British Minister Fails To Understand Europeans
The basic contention of Ukip and other Brexiteers is that Europe's a lovely place full of quite lovely people, Europeans, but it's all a...