Stand With the Squad
- July 17, 2019
- by
- Matt
Yesterday, in yet another of the dismal milestones that the Trump administration continues to carve into American political history, the US House of Representatives voted 240-187 to condemn the President of the United States for making racist statements. This unprecedented rebuke followed Trump’s Twitter attack on the four recently-elected Democrat Congresswomen, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Taib and Ayanna Presley who make up ‘the squad’, in which he declared:
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept...
Epstein’s Monsters
- July 15, 2019
- by
- Matt
Many people will be familiar with the observation made by John Stuart Mill in 1867 that ‘Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.’ This is true as far as it goes, but there are also cases when the triumph of evil is not...
Vultures in Brexitland
- June 05, 2019
- by
- Matt
As everyone knows, Donald Trump lies as he breathes. He lies about big things and small things, and he lies about absurd and ridiculous things. But despite his almost psychopathic dishonesty, Trump is also a stupid man, and so there are times when he doesn’t lie about the things that you would expect more intelligent...
Trump: All Hail to the Chief
- June 03, 2019
- by
- Matt
I’ve been away from the UK the last week, and made it back just in time for the state visit of the Trump clan. I’m glad I did, because just to know that Trump and co are now walking on my ancestral soil is oddly bracing, rejuvenating, and above all educational.
I mean, what patriotic Brit...
The Gangster-in-Chief versus Ilhan Omar
- April 13, 2019
- by
- Matt
I have to admit I was wrong about Donald Trump. Before he was elected I recognised that he was a danger to his country and to the world, and that he also posed a direct threat to migrants and minorities in the United States. It was clear even during his campaign that Trump was a...
On the Hate Highway
- April 11, 2019
- by
- Matt
Yesterday a British Muslim woman I follow on Twitter posted an anonymous message she had received threatening to skin her alive. This was one of various similar threats that she has received, some of which she had reported to the police – without any response. These threats were clearly intended to intimidate a politically outspoken...
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