Thanks to the recent national outbreak of people loudly banging on about “heritage,” “traditional values,” and “our proud Christian roots” usually while standing in a queue for an Indian meal or shouting abuse at a Deliveroo cyclist, I found myself wondering whether I should probably learn something about my own surname.
Not because I’ve suddenly become deeply spiritual or patriotic, obviously. I simply realised that if ...
After spending part of the morning reading articles, falling down the inevitable Google rabbit holes and, yes, asking AI a few awkward questions, I ended up looking into Labour Friends of Israel, usually shortened to LFI. Like most things connected to British politics and the Middle East, what starts as a straightforward bit of reading quickly turns into a maze of arguments, accusations and people aggressively demanding “context” from one ...
There is, of course, a version of events we will never hear from Keir Starmer.
It goes something like this: “We made a decision in what we thought was Britain’s interests. It blew up in our faces. Sorry about that.”
Simple. Honest. Completely impossible.
Because the truth, if it ever saw daylight, would be far less flattering and far more cynical.
Fighting Fire With… Questionable Fire
Faced with the looming return of ...
I was told the other day that I’m not a proper supporter of Reading FC. This life-altering judgement came after I had the audacity to suggest that until the playing style improves, I won’t be paying to watch it. A reckless opinion, clearly.
There was a time when that sort of accusation would have ruined my week. I’d have come back swinging with a full catalogue of loyalty. Cold Tuesday nights, grim away days, matches so dull they ...
