The death of patriotism

These UK poll results from Matt Goodwin are disturbing. The number of adults who would refuse to fight for their country has more than doubled in 20 years from 19% to 41%. In one sense it is no surprise. When “the blob” constantly portrays your country as an oppressor, and that you should be ashamed […]

The death of patriotism

UK Progressive Activists

More in Common have done some fascinating research on “progressive activists” (what we might call woke activists) in the UK. They are only 8% to 10% of the UK population but dominate the media, the arts, the universities, the NGOs etc. The report divides people up into seven groups, being: Some key beliefs are: As […]

UK Progressive Activists

‘A Socialist Identity in Parliament’? The Campaign Group of Labour MPs, 1982-2015

Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Alfie Steer of Hertford College, University of Oxford. On 11 February Alfie will discuss the Campaign Group of Labour MPs, 1982-2015. The seminar takes place on 11 February 2025, between 5:30 and 6.30 p.m. It is fully ‘hybrid’, which means you can attend either in-person […]

‘A Socialist Identity in Parliament’? The Campaign Group of Labour MPs, 1982-2015

Climate Change Committee Demands Government Impose Radical Lifestyle Changes on UK

The Climate Change Committee, the UK’s official Net Zero advisory body, has told the Government that to hit Net Zero it must impose radical lifestyle changes on the UK population. The Mail has more.

Climate Change Committee Demands Government Impose Radical Lifestyle Changes on UK

Keynes on the Soviet Union

I had not known of this passage, which I am packaging with its introduction from Gavan Tredoux: John Maynard Keynes has the undeserved reputation of a critic of the USSR. Few know that he reviewed Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s mendacious tome The Soviet Union: a New Civilization (1935/1937/1943) fawningly. Perhaps the most embarrassing thing Keynes […]

Keynes on the Soviet Union

Europe’s Suicidal Green New Deal

The American version of the Green New Deal included some subsidies for inefficient wind and solar, but it was largely just a marketing gimmick for a big expansion in the burden of government (everything from Medicare for All to student loan bailouts). The European version, by contrast, has been more focused on making energy more […]

Europe’s Suicidal Green New Deal

Nicholas Reed Langen: The Use and Abuse of Citizenship Deprivation: SSHD v Kolicaj

Any British citizen that happens to hold citizenship for another country could find themselves in an invidious position. If the Home Secretary decides that it would be ‘conducive to the public good’, they can single-handedly strip a person of their citizenship, and with it, their right to remain in the country. So long as the deprivation […]

Nicholas Reed Langen: The Use and Abuse of Citizenship Deprivation: SSHD v Kolicaj

Blackout Britain threat rises on collapse of Norwegian government

By Paul Homewood    Blackout Britain threat rises on collapse of Norwegian government Britain’s increasingly dangerous reliance on imported electricity has just gone up another notch with the collapse of Norway’s Government. The Telegraph reports:

Blackout Britain threat rises on collapse of Norwegian government

Stephen Fry on how the faults of the Left promoted the rise of the Right

Here! I’ve been dealing with trivial stuff all day involving billing and the post office (the Black Hole of government agencies) and have had no time to right. Enjoy Stephen Fry’s hourlong talk on Triggernometry on why the American Left promoted the rise of the American Right. I’ve been saying that for a long time, […]

Stephen Fry on how the faults of the Left promoted the rise of the Right

Green on Green? Climate Activists Assault Sigourney Weaver with Confetti

I guess even climate activists like Sigourney Weaver aren’t safe from the green mob.

Green on Green? Climate Activists Assault Sigourney Weaver with Confetti

We Are Close To Blackouts Now–But What About 2030?

We will no doubt muddle through again, but nobody in the media seems to be pointing to the elephant in the room; the fact that demand for electricity will start to rise rapidly as we transition to heat pumps and EVs.

We Are Close To Blackouts Now–But What About 2030?

Net Zero Is Unstoppable–Says Ed Miliband

By Paul Homewood     Justin Rowlatt is not the only deluded clown, when it comes to Net Zero. The idiot Miliband has warned President Trump that Net Zero is unstoppable. The Telegraph report: Ed Miliband has warned Donald Trump that the rise of net zero is “unstoppable”, just hours after the President vowed to […]

Net Zero Is Unstoppable–Says Ed Miliband

Britain’s Turn to be Dunkelfucked

First it was Germany discovering the expensive failure that is wind power, now Britain: Wind power has collapsed to less than 1pc of Britain’s electricity supply as some of the stillest weather in years hits the UK and Europe.***Near-zero wind speeds and low temperatures have left the UK dependent on France, Norway, Belgium and Denmark to […]

Britain’s Turn to be Dunkelfucked

UK Electricity Prices Jump to Two-Year High as Wind Power Plunges

The more wind power in the system, the greater the exposure to price spikes whenever there’s a wind lull. End result: weather-related power generation inevitably leads to higher bills for customers. – – – Low wind speeds have pushed the UK’s power prices to their highest level in two years on Tuesday, with wind generation […]

UK Electricity Prices Jump to Two-Year High as Wind Power Plunges

MPs to Consider Bill Likely to Cause Mass Starvation, Death, Disease and Societal Collapse in Near Future

A little science and realism might go a long way for supporters of a bill that seeks to ensure the end of the “exploration, extraction, export and import of fossil fuels by the United Kingdom as rapidly as possible”. Even the mad Miliband, the current Energy Minister, accepts that gas has a part to play in keeping the lights on – hardly a surprise given the wind droughts of this winter, the lack of back-ups and the consequent need for up to 70% gas electricity generation. If realism fails to materialise there are tough choices ahead – who will step up to the plate to take away the life-saving heat that warms the homes of senior citizens or ban the inhalers that calm their winter asthma? Perhaps the 200 MPs listed on the Zero Hour site as supports of the bill will be asked such questions next time they seek the votes of the wider electorate.

MPs to Consider Bill Likely to Cause Mass Starvation, Death, Disease and Societal Collapse in Near Future

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