Showing posts with label Race. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Race. Show all posts
Monday, October 12, 2026

The Joy of Six 1590

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Jonathan Wilson  explains why we're stuck with a Premier League in the clutches of the global mega-rich: "Clubs represent their com...
Sunday, October 04, 2026

The Joy of Six 1586

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Jonathan Freedland argues that the Greens' anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews what they should think: "In eac...
Friday, October 02, 2026

The Joy of Six 1585

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"Burnham’s speech was, in some ways, an exercise in calling the electorate’s bluff. 'I have given you what you often say is missing...
Saturday, September 26, 2026

The Joy of Six 1582

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"Watching him involved engaging a kind of cognitive dissonance: this desperate, thin man was the same person as a sweet 6-year-old sayi...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

The Joy of Six 1581

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Tom Gordon , Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, argues that we must stop avoiding the subject of student finance if we are...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

The Joy of Six 1579

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Dawn Butler lays bare the abuse that a Black female MP faces: "Followers of my social media know how bad it can be. I have a regular “...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Sammy Going South, Suez and the end of the British Empire

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Written for Terence Towles Canote's 13th Annual Rule, Britannia Blogathon . We British have a habit of turning military debacles into vi...
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Monday, September 07, 2026

The Joy of Six 1573

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Who are the goons in balaclavas who turned up in Dover and Portsmouth? Hope Not Hate explains: "In 2016, he [Danny Tommo] pleaded guil...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2026

The Joy of Six 1570

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"This is a staggering death rate of 130 per 100,000 care leavers, a figure at least three times higher than the general population. It ...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

The Joy of Six 1562

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"Every large fire has two causes, the spark that lights it and the conditions that let it become so severe. Naming the fire, though, ca...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

The Joy of Six 1561

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"My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months – despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurabl...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

The Joy of Six 1553

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Michael Savage reports that journalists are self-censoring their reporting on right-wing protests, Donald Trump's administration and tr...
Friday, July 24, 2026

A cross between Biggles, Tintin, the Famous Five and Fitzcarraldo

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George Weeks posted the link to this the other day, saying: I love the BBC Archive YouTube channel. So much footage to enjoy. This one is p...
Friday, July 03, 2026

The Joy of Six 1542

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"Multiple sources inside the children’s home division said that, as they prepared for sale, they were pressed to rapidly open more home...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1537

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David Howarth reminds us that both Tony Blair and Keir Starmer said pluralist things in opposition, only to go back on them in power: ...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

The Joy of Six 1519

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Roderick Lynch says the Liberal Democrats have a serious problem in urban Britain and pretending otherwise will only make it worse. "A...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

The Joy of Six 1516

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"The scale of the beating handed to Labour in these local elections is difficult to convey just in words. You need to see numbers and m...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The Joy of Six 1497

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"A child who grew up in the United Kingdom, attended British schools, made British friends, and considers this country their home will ...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

The Joy of Six 1488

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"It’s what happens when the NHS has run out of room. It means intimate conversations about cancer, stroke, or dementia in earshot of st...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

The Joy of Six 1478

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"In a sense, Clegg is right: politicians are more focused on narratives than data. But it’s data they use to justify their policies the...