All the Devils Are Here
- February 09, 2019
- by
- Matt
It’s been a hell of a week, hasn’t it? It’s fine for us to compare the EU to Hitler, the Soviet Union, the mafia, and a dictatorship. It’s ok to accuse the EU of torturing us by ‘administering punishment beatings’, as the sixth form yob who bizarrely became our last foreign secretary once declared.
It was...
Drill Baby Drill: Donald Trump’s Sociopathic Gaze
- February 07, 2019
- by
- Matt
There are many reasons why the rise of populist ethnonationalism and authoritarianism is bad news. But one reason which tends to receive little attention is the impact of this phenomenon on the environment.
For some time now, we have become accustomed – too accustomed – to a relentless stream of alarming reports on the future of...
Turning Point: All the Young (Alt-Right) Dudes
- February 05, 2019
- by
- Matt
As we sleepwalk towards the Brexit iceberg on 29 March, we should remember that the hardright ‘populists’ who have been dreaming of this outcome for so long don’t see it as an end, but as part of an ongoing process.
For some of them it’s a famous victory in a wider ethnonationalist assault on the international...
Immigration: Stop Pandering
- February 02, 2019
- by
- Matt
If there is one thing British politicians always seem able to agree on, it’s that they must respond to public concerns about immigration.
Rarely, if ever, do the politicians who seek to placate these concerns consider their validity. Is it true that Romanians and Bulgarians are all poor and therefore likely to be criminals – an...
Parliament Passes the Bomb
- January 30, 2019
- by
- Matt
Some of you may remember the family game called Pass the Bomb. For those haven’t played it, the rules are simple: You pass a ticking bomb back and forth between the group and try to make sure you aren’t the one holding it when it ‘explodes’.
This is what parliament did yesterday, in a monumental dereliction...
Fyre Festival: Burning Down the House
- January 26, 2019
- by
- Matt
I wasn’t aware of the 2017 Fyre Festival till I watched Netflix’s new documentary last night, and it was fairly jawdropping and astonishing viewing. It would be disingenuous of me to deny that there’s something morbidly satisfying about watching thousands of rich narcissists arrive on a Caribbean island for a non-existent festival, only to find...
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