Greetings from the UK fellow Deplorables. Or perhaps, coming from the other side of the Pond, I’m a Lamentable, possibly a Woeful.
Be that as it may, I’m here, on this wonderfully and unapologetically American site because I believe strongly that the US and the UK are, or at least should be, close, natural and unshakeable allies.
Briefly, I'm a British patriot and constitutional traditionalist with distinct libertarian tendencies and I believe in the UK's independence from the EU.
I commented while reading The Times. He looked up briefly from his malodorous chemical experiment. “Indeed Watson. what are the details?” He asked. “It says here that a young man by the name of Zephaniah McLeod, of Selly Oak, Birmingham has been arrested for the murder of one Jacob Billingham, twenty-three, and of the attempted […]
I was mooching about watching old Firewalls. I came across one from four years ago, 31st August 2016. “Black Lives Matter Kills People”. Bill was spot on, as usual, but in this video he is so spookily prescient that I shuddered. If you have any trouble convincing friends or family of the true nature of […]
Back in November 2019 I wrote a piece on how the safety net of the British NHS had become a straightjacket (14th Nov ’20). I described how debate on the NHS was restricted to a bidding war on who promises to spend the most on it and who loves it the most. Rational analysis was […]
I’m not much of a gambler, but I do like to put my money where my mouth is. A few months out from the 2016 US election I looked up the odds on The Donald winning and was surprised that the best I could get was 4/1 against. I didn’t place the bet in the […]
I came across this from deep in the memory hole while looking for Solzhenitsyn quotes. I’m not surprised when I find myself agreeing with him, but this really stopped me in my tracks. Back in 1982 he was warning about China with remarkable accuracy. Was he listened to? Was he bunnies! You know the rest […]
It’s interesting how relatively small things can bring great pleasure and throw much bigger things into focus. On Monday I took delivery of my new passport. This is my fourth and I’d been without one for a couple of years. I had no intention of leaving the country and was waiting for the new, post-EU […]
Wishing you all a great 4th July tomorrow from over here in Blighty. To celebrate America’s birthday here is a piece about a lesser known aspect of Anglo-American history. This year is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the formation of the Home Guard in the summer of 1940. After the Fall […]
Here is a very brief clip from those glorious days before the CCP virus gave the collectivists an excuse to control, monitor and micromanage society. It’s of an Irish comic called Mary Bourke at Comedy Unleashed in London. I do hope this club gets going again, but it’s a small venue and I can’t see […]
Does anyone remember this video from South Africa in 2016? I saw it at the time and I found it ammusing, and a little chilling. Watching it last night I was plenty chilled, but not very amused. The olympic standard irony is still there, after what we’ve seen over the last few weeks it’s just […]
I don’t know how many, if any, of the following news items from Britain over the last week have been reported in the US. I thought I’d gather them together for your delectation. I’m trying desperately to keep a level head and a sense of humour about the tsunami of BLM BS but it’s getting […]
Since the excellent Right Angle on Mr Kenny, America’s new dad, I’ve found my thoughts drawn to fatherhood, its nature and importance. On the eve of Father’s Day, I thought I’d write some of these thoughts down. This is not a scholarly piece, but I hope you find it of interest. Four Fathers The role […]
This will not be short, my apologies. The killing of George Floyd has brought the issue of statues and public monuments to centre stage under a glaring spotlight. Moves to remove certain controversial memorials had rumbled on both in the US and the UK for some time, but now those rumbles have become an explosion, […]
A very enlightening piece. In addition to talking about modern slavery the author highlights that while what we might call the usual suspects, the USA, UK and the rest of the Anglosphere, are the countries most characterised as “racist” and “oppressive” they actually have the lowest rates of racist attitudes among the public and their […]
I knocked this up swiftly after being inspired by Michaels’s Malcolm X blog post. It’s a bit rough but do folk think the idea works?