Russell Brand
Russell Brand
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A toxic Brand
The biggest story currently distracting the British public is the fall of Russell Brand. American readers may not be familiar with Brand, an English comedian and actor who has recently reinvented himself as a YouTube influencer. (more…)
The Bibby Stockholm today.
The Bibby Stockholm today.
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Thou shalt have a fishy
On a little dishy.
Thou shalt have a fishy
When the boat comes in.
— Traditional English folk song (more…)
Nigel Farage may have been able to get Britain out of the European Union, but now he can’t even maintain an account at the bank that Queen Elizabeth used to use.
Nigel Farage may have been able to get Britain out of the European Union, but now he can’t even maintain an account at the bank that Queen Elizabeth used to use.
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Farage against the machine
De-banking has arrived in Great Britain. Or rather, it has been going on for some time, but now it’s happened to someone with media leverage. Nigel Farage, the ex-financier who engineered Brexit, was contacted by his bank and told his account was being closed down. The bank in question is Coutts & Co., an exclusive concern who won’t even let you sit down if you haven’t got a million quid. The Queen used to bank there, although the current King seems the sort of personage who might give his money to that nice Nigerian chap who emailed him about his uncle also being a King and having made a will. (more…)
Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell
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The following is being published in commemoration of Enoch Powell’s 111th birthday today.
Like the Roman, I seem to see “the Tiber foaming with much blood.” — from a speech by Enoch Powell
Enoch was the best parliamentarian I ever knew. — Margaret Thatcher
Enoch Powell was arguably the greatest Prime Minister Great Britain never had. He looms large in the national consciousness largely because of a speech he gave in 1968 at a hotel in his home town of Birmingham to an audience of Conservative Party members. There were no crowds outside attempting to cancel or deplatform him; that would come later. (more…)
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[C]onsistently and comprehensively they have been deceived. — Christopher Booker, The Great Deception: The True Story of Britain and the European Union
We gotta get out of this place
If it’s the last thing we ever do.
— The Animals (more…)
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The recent coronation of Charles III was a bit of a relief for me: He finally made it! The old girl’s gone at last. That being said, it appears that much of the old girl’s Britain is gone as well. It seemed that every ethnicity in Britain was given a place at the coronation, and we were serenaded not by the glowing choruses of Purcell, Handel, or Elgar, but by a black gospel group in tacky white clothes. Nida Manzoor’s first feature is therefore a timely delight. (more…)
Riot in Knowsley on February 10 that was sparked by a video of a migrant propositioning a minor.
Riot in Knowsley on February 10 that was sparked by a video of a migrant propositioning a minor.
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Out, damn’d Scot!
So it’s fare thee well to dime-store Lady Macbeth, Nicola Sturgeon. The Scottish premier, and the woman Nigel Farage called the most unpleasant politician he had ever met, quit after an uproar, which is what journalists reading tweets and sensing a story is called just at the moment. (more…)