Superinjunctions: One law for the rich
One of my fondest fantasies is that in Britain a measure of equality still exists. Yes there are people who are very rich and others who are very poor. Yes,…
A reluctant republican
I am, I have to confess, a reluctant republican. Call me a wet fart of a liberal if you wish, but I just don’t have a raging desire to set…
No Room For Softies and Poshies in this Movement. Allright!
There has been an outpouring of anger on Bright Green about Adam Ramsay’s arrest in Fortnum and Mason’s; not because the arrest was wrong but because a posh person…
Undercover cops: political or commercial?
The reaction to the news that an undercover police officer, Mark Kennedy, spent seven years infiltrating green campaign groups has been genuinely fascinating. Quite understandably there’s been the strong sense…
Oh My God – on drugs and Ainsworth
What did Bob Drop? Oh My God! Bob Ainsworth, what were you thinking? You of all people; you who dwelt inside the bunkers that are the Home Office and the…
The Yellow and White Minstrel Show
So Jim Naughtie accidentally renamed the Culture Secretary Jeremy Cunt. And an hour after Naughtie did it so did Andrew Marr. It was the broadcasting equivalent of a motorway pile…
Why IDS gives me IBS
It costs a lot of money to run Britain. We have universal healthcare. We have a schools system that offers free education to the age of 18. We have an…