Month: July 2024
Shooting Trump | A big step towards authoritarianism
Like most people I watched the events unfolding last night with horror and shock. This is a massive moment for Trump supporters, particularly the MAGA/QAnon crowd; this is the moment that verifies every deep state conspiracy theory. There is no hint of shock or sadness from hardcore Trump fans on-line. They greeted the news of … Read more
What just happened?
With a couple of days to digest we can start and see some trends emerging from the rubble of the Conservative Party Labour were expected to win a landslide with 40%+ of the vote. In the end they won a landslide with a much lower vote share, with other parties also doing incredibly well. … Read more
Reform | Do ordinary Brits find it too hard to get a job because employers prefer to hire immigrants?
Are ordinary Brits disadvantaged in the labour market because of immigration? I realise that most of my liberal graduate friends will automatically reject such an idea, in particular because there is an unstated assumption in the question that the ordinary Brits being hard done by are white, and the immigrants being given preferential treatment aren’t. … Read more