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I Don’t Predict a Riot, I Don’t Predict a Riot!
When I watched the scenes from the ‘Remain’ march in London last week I was very impressed, at least until I started wondering what they would achieve. Does a peaceful march make politicians do anything or does it just give them a platform to say that they fully support peaceful marches in a democracy, safe in the knowledge that it will be forgotten about within a few days? I am not discrediting those who went to London to demonstrate ...
The Almeria Greenhouses Killing the Environment and its Workers!
Did anyone see 'Mediterranean with Simon Reeve' last night? Jeez, I don't think I have been so shocked by something regarding our environmental breakdown. The Almeria greenhouses cover 100 square miles, can be seen from space, and they supply our Supermarkets, virtually all of them as far as I can gather. Unless you are a 100% carnivore, you have almost certainly eaten from these greenhouses. The problem is that there are no proper ...
The False Populist Revolt Against Noughties Immigration
I was talking to a work colleague the other day about immigration in the noughties and whether that has had an effect on the way people think with regards to Brexit and a populist opinion. His theory is that because there was an influx of labour from newly appointed EU countries such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, this had in turn, driven the populist support for the likes of Nigel Farage. The same kind of support found at the right ...
What a Week That Was as Brexit Pennies Start Dropping!
For satirists and political writers, it must be difficult to keep up with the way everything is changing in the world on almost a daily basis. As one article is completed, it is old news; it must be very frustrating. This week, we have had Saudi Arabia stopping just short of undertaking the popular football terrace chant and singing ‘We do what we want, we do what we want, we’re Saudi Arabia, we do what we want’, whilst Brexit ...
Time to Stop Pretending the Yemen Famine Isn’t Happening!
When the BBC report on the Yemen crisis came on last night, I was close to turning it off, or onto another channel. That’s because like everyone else, there is only so much depressing stuff my brain can take, especially along with the utter shambles that is Brexit as it draws to its ugly conclusion. However, I decided I would force myself to see it through. It soon occurred to me that one of the problems with the crisis in Yemen is ...