Conservative activists are out campaigning for the local elections. In a few weeks, they may well be campaigning for the European elections. One Conservative MP recently admitted privately that these activists faced an impossible task: how, he wondered, could the party expect them to sell ‘this pile of shit’ on the doorstep. It is a very good question. I found … [Read on]
The 23rd of April was St George’s Day, that perennial day of politically correct paranoia. Or not – just public propaganda telling us it was. The day when an Englishmen dare not show any hint of patriotism, paralysed by fear. Even thinking about displaying a St George’s flag feels as though it is psychologically punishable by the thought police with … [Read on]
It is the heart which is aware of God and not reason’, wrote Malcolm Muggeridge in, “The End of Christendom”. Did God decide to demonstrate this by making an Almighty bonfire of a shrine erected to Him? ( some difficulty here with the personal pronoun: apologies to all readers whose vocabulary in these matters is not based on the King … [Read on]
‘The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in’. George Orwell 1984 Sir Roger Scruton – Two minute hate. Tommy Robinson – Double hate. Julian Assange – Triple hate. Israel Folau – Wonderful Rugby player, oh yes, Evangelical Christian aka – Three … [Read on]
May’s “government” adds censorship to its fool’s repertoire I should declare an interest, for I count Sir Roger as a friend from a day in 1985 when he was in danger of violence from a mob of the lumpen intelligentsia at York University who shouted him down and issued threats to his very existence. His address was about the importance … [Read on]
The sacking of our most eminent conservative philosopher, Sir Roger Scruton, from his post as chair of the ‘Building Better Building Beautiful’ Commission for having expressed opinions about the validity of the term Islamophobia, the influence of George Soros, and the brainwashing of the Chinese – opinions with which most conservatives would agree – tells us all we need to … [Read on]
Book Here 14.00 Wednesday 10th April 2019 King’s College London In this talk, Lynn McDonald will relate Mary Seacole’s many contributions, using her own fine memoir, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, and a number of other primary sources. She will then present the Seacole myths that have grown over recent years, drawing on nursing textbooks, historical and … [Read on]
‘I’d like to check out today,’ announced Alice to hotel Concierge Barnier who greeted her with a fixed smile. ‘I trust everything was to your satisfaction,’ was his polite reply. ‘Well, not exactly. The hotel has not really lived up to the five-star billing it received in the tour guide I was given last year.’ ‘Oh, I am very sorry … [Read on]
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