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Do Conspiracy Theorists Wreck the Truth?
Ever since reading Jon Ronson's book 'So You Have Been Publicly Shamed' I have tried to make sure that I do at least some research to back up my writing. This means that any opinion I offer, whether you like it or not, is hopefully based on facts. Occasionally I get pulled up, either by friends, kind strangers, or as was once the case, a conservative party activist threatening me over comments made about the lurid sex scandal involving an MP ...
That was Your Summer of 2017
That's it folks, the meteorological summer ends today and the descent into short days gets under way. Well it already has actually. Did you know that by the end of August we have 1 hour 47 minutes less daylight than on the 1st of the month? No one will look back in the summer of 2017 with too much fondness as it was wrecked from about the middle of July as a succession of low pressure systems steamed across us, ruining barbecues, cricket ...
Charlie Hebdo at it Again!
The French satirical magazine was at it again this week, causing controversy and a difference of opinion that has once more put them in the spotlight and presumably, on high terror alert. On one side you have people championing the bravery of their journalists, expressing their right to freedom of speech, whilst on the other, people are calling them out and out racists with a prejudice against a religion where a fanatical minority are ...
Time to Fully Dismiss Trump the Sociopath!
Donald Trump's actions this week confirmed he was a fascist sympathiser; it's as simple as that. Anyone who makes those standing up to fascism equally to blame in outbreaks of violence, is showing what side they are on. The equality of blame that Trump has demonstrated is the equivalent to watching an old lady fighting off a mugger by ferociously swinging her handbag and saying, "Okay fake news, I don't like violence from any side, both ...
The BBC, Norovirus and the World Athletics Championship!
I quite like athletics, well the running bits at least as I am never quite sure about the jumping and throwing events as they all seem a bit odd. At what point in childhood does someone say "When I grow up I want to be a Pole Vaulter" or "Nope, the Long Jump is not for me I am afraid, I want to do two little jumps followed by one big one." So anyway, I looked forward to it but suddenly found myself not really enjoying it that much, possibly ...