After six days of testimony from thirteen witnesses, the Jussie Smollett trial has concluded with the disgraced actor being found guilty on five out of six charges related to filing a false police report. The actor, who starred in the television…

What gives people’s lives meaning? This is usually said to be a difficult question, with people endlessly pondering the kinds of intrinsic meanings life is supposed to have. But when asked directly, people are usually able to give fairly straightforward

Carl explores Mari Matsuda's essay Looking to the Bottom: Critical Legal Studies and Reparations, in which she explains why we need to look to people of colour to understand the world. Listen to the Audio Version

In my previous analysis , we covered the general features of modern leftism and asserted that it is a religion of four pillars — Racism, Feminism, Genderism, and Climate Alarmism. In this section, we explore each pillar in some detail and ask the crucial

Something is rotten in the state of Illinois. There is something very seriously, very profoundly wrong with the judicial system and machinery of local government in Chicago, methinks. In the form of the dead-eyed, pitiless mayor Lori Lightfoot and her

Callum and Harry discuss the Tory rebellion against further COVID restrictions, the abject failure of Santa Inc. and Cowboy Bebop, and the unflushable turd woman who won't go away.




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Silver Members - Listen to Audio Version Boris Johnson’s government just released a new 10-year strategy to tackle illegal drugs and drug use. Except calling it ‘new’ is a bit of a stretch; it is little more than the same old same old, with some…

Large crowds of hopeful shoppers took to the streets in Bristol on Saturday in an attempt to purchase one of a line of limited edition shirts produced by the graffiti artist Banksy.  Described by the artist as “souvenirs,” the shirts were released in…

The Scottish government has come under fire for the release of a new census asking schoolchildren a number of questions about their sex lives.  Titled the Health and Wellbeing Census , the controversial questionnaire asks children as young…

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The taxpayer-funded British Council , the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has published a “non-discriminatory” language guide advising staffers against the use of “problematic” terms such…

The House of Commons silently passed a bill last week giving the Home Secretary the power to remove British citizenship status from individuals without them priorly being informed.  The Nationality and Borders Bill passed through the House of Commons…

As covered in my last article , Germany has recently followed the lead of Austria in creating more rules that directly discriminate against the unvaccinated. Except for shops that sell essentials such as groceries, the unvaccinated are now barred from…

Beau and Carl chat about the life and times of General Sir Charles Napier. He saw many of the biggest and most famous battles and sieges in the Peninsular War alongside the Duke of Wellington. He also served during the Thumbnail: "Statue of General Sir…

China has chastised “American style democracy” and the United States military for an August drone strike in Kabul which killed 10 civilians, including seven children.  Speaking to reporters in Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang…

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The cost of living in the UK hit its highest level since September 2011 in the 12 months leading up to November, with inflation surging to 5.1% — up from 4.2% in the month prior.  According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the rise comes as a…

Callum and Thomas discuss the next chapter in Lord Miles of Sudan's adventures, the Tory party rebellion over further Covid restrictions, and France resisting Leftist American Imperialism.
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After a vote in the Houses of Parliament, further Covid restrictions are set to go ahead in the United Kingdom as the government attempts to combat the further spread of the Omicron variant. Despite the vote for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘Plan…