Misconduct in Public Office
The full consequences for those exposed in the Epstein files has yet to be determined, but moves against high profile individuals in the UK seem to indicate that our vague common law is more effective than US Statutory Law.
Man Utd’s home grown talent
Jim Ratcliffe has apologised for his comments about the UK being “colonised by immigrants”, but was he right to raise concerns about a UK skills shortage? If it’s right for Man Utd to recruit the best from abroad, why not the NHS, IT, Construction and Creative industries? Can we have a sensible debate about asylum and immigration without racist dog whistles?
Raise The Colours Scam
A bitter dispute has split the Raise The Colours movement. On one side Bridge & Stanley frame Thomas as a “freeloader” and a thief. On the other side, Thomas frames the founders as “scammers” who are sitting on a massive pot of donation money without being transparent about where it is going. Patriots beware! These are not the only ones who are prepared to take advantage of you.
The Strategic Initiative and Tactical Advantage lies with Russia
What are the experts saying about the Russian-Ukraine war? How has the balance of power shifted? Are Russia gaining the upper hand and is Ukraine likely to fall soon?
Elon Musk rejects Nigel Farage in favour of Rupert Lowe
The rumours of Elon Musk donating $100m to Nigel Farage and Reform UK turned out to be just rumours. Musk has now further distanced himself from Reform UK by backing Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain Party. Will Reform supporters take Musk’s lead and switch allegiance from Farage to Lowe?
I asked Grok: “Is X good for democracy?”
“While X has shifted rightward and boosted certain narratives, it hasn’t fully prevented democratic impulses”. Read that again slowly. Should the sentence end with “yet”? Grok’s assessment of X as a democratic force for good highlights many concerns that we should be worried about.
Dis-Proportional Representation is not Democracy
Should “the will of the people” be represented proportionally in parliament, or like a Picasso painting, should we accept disproportionality as a design choice?
The American government is on a mission to undermine European Democracy
This is incredible! The US government is officially promoting far-right parties abroad. This is an assault on liberal democracies by an authoritarian American regime under dictator in chief Donald Trump.
Are Labour capable of being a “broad church” movement again?
Despite still holding a majority of over 150 seats in parliament, the Labour government and Keir Starmer in particular are deeply unpopular in the country. The resignation of Morgan McSweeney puts further pressure on the leader. Can Starmer survive and is Labour capable of rebuilding the movement with a new sense of purpose that the public can believe in?
What the Epstein files reveal about Nigel Farage
The main focus of attention on the Epstein files is trafficking and sexual exploitation, but this should not be the only focus. The files raise serious concerns about political corruption among an elite class who consider themselves exempt from moral and legal standards. The truth is that dark money is being funneled to Europe and the UK to undermine our democracy.
