by The Editor | Jun 12, 2017 | Politics
There has been a lot of talk recently about “identity politics”. This seems to be the new phrase with which to beat lefties over the head, now that “it’s political correctness gone mad” has been so thoroughly discredited, and “snowflake” seems to have waned in...
by The Editor | Jun 4, 2017 | Health & Education
I don’t normally write on disability issues, I don’t have the experience so would rather share pieces online by those who do. However I’ve seen two articles/videos in the last two days that I have to talk about. The first is the struggle that people have to go...
by The Editor | Jun 4, 2017 | Politics
Watch Tory Home Secretary Amber Rudd – sitting on the left of the video – write a note at an election hustings to shut down a candidate who mentions UK government arms sales to ISIS supporting Saudi Arabia: Censorship … featured image censorship You can follow Tom on...
by The Editor | May 30, 2017 | Politics
I don’t understand Conservatism or the lack of rationale of its supporters. As an ideology, it lacks coherence and scope. Conservative policies lack an empirical evidence base. It doesn’t take very much critical scrutiny to understand that it is purely ideology (as...
by The Editor | May 29, 2017 | Health & Education
The government have persistently denied that there is a “causal link” between their welfare “reforms” (a Conservative euphemism for savage cuts) and an increase in suicides, premature deaths, psychological distress and severe hardship. However, a number of researchers...