Shock! A ‘spy’ accused of sexual assault is granted anonymity in court as for some unspecified reason there could be a threat to his life. Hard to say how far that might make sense without knowing a lot of facts about the case and any operational background But wait. The ‘spy’ […]
You are a senior politician. How to stay sharp in public debates? Here’s a clue. Don’t spend four years running away from difficult questions: "Obama was out of practice and unprepared to be challenged. The White House had supposed that Obama’s forays into social media — town hall meetings with […]
We mere Britishers tend not to follow in detail the goings-on in the USA, where a new literary genre has appeared – the Fantasy Autobiography, often wildly feted in the name of progressive causes. Here is Mark Steyn’s handy round-up of some superb examples which include, ahem, President Obama himself: His Kenyan grandfather was […]
I’ve mentioned here previously the fact that Polish diplomats are under strict instructions to remonstrate strongly against any use of the expression ‘Polish concentration camps’ or the like to refer to the Nazi death camps built on Polish territory during WW2. Well, they have a fine opportunity to take this […]
Greg Pytel (GP) returns, asking me to post a comment to my post below, which of course I have done. His further observations are interesting. I do not think it was fair to put up a running commentary (Especially as you well know that all I really wanted was to put […]
Know any dishonest journalists? They need no longer listlessly wander to and fro, feeling that their lies have gone unrewarded. Succour and recognition are at hand, over in the USA at least.
I have linked here to many pieces first spotted for me by The Browser, a well designed site which does nothing but identify interesting bits of work and link to them. Like the simple and superb Arts & Letters Daily but in a posher outfit. Why, in its early halcyon days it […]
UPDATE George Monbiot has written to me to point out a mistake in the piece below: I note that in your blog post you say “This is not quite the same as listing his wealth – who knows how many ISAs and the rest he has tucked away, or the […]
This a superb example of one form of Addictive Stupidity – people who have lulled themselves to sleep on the ambrosia of past glory, demanding that Reality apply to anyone but themselves, fine and upstanding New York Times journalists as they most certainly are. You’ll need a heart of stone not to […]
Wikipedia helps us in working out how fast Lord Reith is rotating in his grave as the BBC sinks lower and lower: Rotational speed can measure, for example, how fast a motor is running. Rotational speed and angular speed are sometimes used as synonyms, but typically they are measured with […]
