The Obscurer
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Read 5 days ago and current, but nothing has been published for 2 years.
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Consigned To The Corbyn Of History
Two points: a: I’m not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn. Never have been. b: I spend a lot of time on Twitter defending him and retweeting sympathetic stuff from his supporters. Point a hasn’t caused me any issues – it appears I’m in company but point b has, at times, meant I’ve been labelled Continue reading
Concerning Immigration
There are, no doubt, some genuine concerns around regarding the matter of immigration; but there are undoubtedly some racist reasons for opposing immigration too. When we say “It’s not racist to want controls on immigration” then, whatever else we’re doing, we’re also placating racists by telling them their racism isn’t racist. Genuine concerns about immigration Continue reading
The Spirit Of ‘92
If you’d asked me five years ago who would be the most likely winner of the 2015 election, I’d have said the Conservatives. I always thought that, whatever else happened, by the time of the next election the economy would be recovering in one way or another, and so many people would be faced with Continue reading
Ten Years Gone…
holding on