Current Affairs


Water, Water Everywhere. Except Where We Actually Need It

Posted on August 14, 2026

I was speaking to an old mate of mine, Gwylim, last night. He works for the Kennet & Avon Trust, so he knows a thing or two. Britain’s rivers are in trouble. big trouble. We can keep pretending the present system just needs another stern letter from Ofwat, or we can start treating water as the national infrastructure it actually is. There is a peculiar argument that appears whenever anyone suggests taking Britain’s water companies ...

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Never Speak Ill of the Dead? What a Convenient Piece of Hypocrisy

Posted on July 13, 2026

One of the oddest traditions we seem to cling to is the idea that the moment someone dies, they instantly become a wonderful human being. Apparently, death is the greatest image consultant ever invented. People who spent decades being rude, divisive, unpleasant or downright nasty suddenly become "colourful characters", "straight talkers" and "larger than life". It's as though St Peter hands them a complimentary PR team on the way through ...

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Nigel Farage and the Great Victimhood Hokey Cokey

Posted on July 7, 2026

Nigel Farage resigning as an MP so he can stand again as an MP is one of those political moves that makes you wonder whether democracy has become a poorly organised village panto. He is stepping down in Clacton, triggering a by-election, then standing in that same by-election, all while presenting himself as a brave man of the people taking on the establishment, the media, rival parties, parliamentary standards, probably the BBC weather app, ...

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England’s Night of Chaos, Courage and Chaise Lounge Carnage

Posted on July 6, 2026

I should probably start this post by admitting that one player, amongst many heroes last night, stood out as a towering example of why Thomas Tuchel is an elite football manager and I am a Chaise Lounge enthusiast. Anthony Gordon. Thunder, Rain and Mexican Fire As rain delayed the start of the match, nothing could dampen the crackling atmosphere inside Mexico’s fortress. This was never going to be a polite little kickabout. It had ...

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FARAGE FURIOUS AS RUSSIAN BOTS BARRED FROM BY-ELECTIONS

Posted on June 20, 2026

Reform leader condemns “woke anti-voting agenda” after discovering social media accounts cannot cast ballots Reform UK leader Nigel Farage yesterday launched a furious attack on what he described as a “deeply unfair and profoundly woke anti-voting agenda” after learning that Russian bot accounts remain unable to participate in British by-elections. Speaking to reporters outside a pub while gesturing angrily at a smartphone ...

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