How Middle Class Is The Guardian – The Great Brexit Au Pair Shortage
Don't forget that newspapers reflect the interests of their readers. It is not true that editors force material down their throats, it is that...
Pop Star Pregnancies – Easy, The Market’s Not Teenyboppers Any More
The Guardian wants to tell us all that something has changed wildly in our culture. Pop stars no longer mumble something about a career...
Is Ireland Worth Freedom?
A very useful example of the manner in which the same question can have very different answers each of which are correct. The important...
I Would Like To Declare That I’m A Socialist
I insist upon declaring solidarity with John Quiggin, the Australian economist, here. I too am a socialist and proud to declare myself as such:
In...
Memo To The Observer – Children’s Teeth Fall Out, Sugar Tax Or No
The Observer is showing a touching faith in the power of government to change our lives. They seem to think that passing a law...
Dear Lord, Don’t Use The Money Properly, Spend It!
A most amusing little insight into a certain cast of mind. There was a certain odd'un who, back in the 1920s, left a pot...
Why Would The Russians Bother To Troll Tumblr For Trump?
It would appear that the Russian election trolls are very much more silly than we've been giving them credit for. They expended actual effort...
Why Punch Down At College Kids? Because They’re Ignorant College Kids, Obviously
We're asked the following question over at Salon. One to which the correct answer could be we punch down at college kids because it's...
The Teenage Scribblers At The Telegraph Get Interserve Wrong
Nigel Lawson did have a point as this piece in the Telegraph about Interserve shows. That point being that the newspapers, especially the financial...
A Barbecue Is What You Buy When You Want It To Rain
We might consider this to be the new European upgrade to the older British thought, that an umbrella is what you leave at home...