Like most people, when I first heard about Lucy Letby’s conviction, I had no doubt that justice had been served. The idea of a neonatal nurse deliberately harming babies is horrifying beyond words, and her whole-life sentence seemed to reflect the gravity of the crimes she was found guilty of.
But now, after reading the recent Private Eye report on the case, I find myself unsettled. I am not a legal expert, nor do I claim to know whether ...
In today’s media circus, the myth of wokeness has become the rallying cry for a certain band of dodgy pundits. Outlets like GB News and their merry band of followers who claim that nowadays, no one can utter a word without risk of being muzzled by an omnipotent censor. The reality, however, is far more laughable and darkly ironic: it’s not that society has suddenly decided to slap a gag on free speech, more one that doesn’t like cunts ...
For decades, Donald Trump has insisted he is a brilliant businessman, a titan of industry, and the very embodiment of the American Dream. But let’s take a moment to pop that gold-plated, ego-inflated bubble. The reality? He’s less a self-made billionaire and more a rich kid with a knack for setting piles of money on fire while convincing people he’s a financial genius.
The Bullshit Empire Trump Didn’t Build
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It’s comforting to think that here in the UK, we are a bit more sensible than our friends across the Atlantic. After all, we don’t elect spray-tanned game show hosts to run the country (we prefer our Etonian buffoons with a touch of classical education). We don’t have gun-wielding lunatics storming Parliament (we just let them Tweet their grievances in block capitals). And we certainly don’t go in for the cultish adoration of wannabe ...
The most surprising thing about Trump’s ambush of Zelensky last Friday is that so many people didn’t see it coming. I am no Jeremy Bowen, but even earlier in the week, I was messaging a friend saying that everything about it felt off.
Trump was already making noise about some supposed minerals deal with Ukraine except it came with no security guarantees. That immediately set alarm bells ringing. Either Zelensky was being wildly naive ...
