At least five people who never lived in Grenfell Tower are still being looked after at the taxpayer’s expense more than one year on from the tragedy. Yes, that’s not a misprint. They never lived there. They were just visiting.…
Tag: Self righteous pricks
Historical Accuracy
Toy model manufacturer Revell agreed to discontinue its model of the Haunebu II Flying Saucer, described as “the first object in the world capable of flying in space.” According to the product description, the Nazi aircraft never made it past…
It’s Called ‘Progress’ For A Reason…
Carle believes the mass-produced sandwich, two billion of which are eaten every year in France, is a “symbol of a loss of savoir faire and rampant consumerism”. His generation’s reaction to this was a quest to regain the ability to…
Excusing Savagery And Poor Musical Tastes…
UK drill music – an aggressive type of rap whose lifeblood is its capacity to be intensively shared over social media – is colonising the digital airwaves and imaginations of teenagers. Conceived in Chicago, before cross-pollinating via the internet to…
VirtueSignalling Effort: 2 Out Of 10, Must Do Better…..
A Bexley councillor has spoken about an “absolutely disgusting” racial incident on a Southeastern train yesterday evening. Oh no! Did someone abuse someone? Danny Hackett was travelling on the 6.17pm train from Charing Cross to Bexleyheath (January 25) when a…
Because We Don’t Want To Have To Pay For Them, Gaby…
…the question remains: why do too many people on the right keep being caught out expressing such views? What to make of this seemingly visceral disgust at the idea of poor people breeding… That it’s actually a prevailing opinion…
Cause Of Death: Political
Well, lord knows, I’m not the biggest fan of Teresa May, but I doubt she’s King Herod! What’s behind this headline? Barry Kushner, Labour cabinet member for children’s services, said babies in poorer parts of Liverpool were 50% more likely…
The Long March Through The Institutions Is Almost Done….
Simon Henderson, who took over the elite public school in 2015, told the Guardian that efforts to prepare its pupils for the modern world now included LGBT-awareness education and talks by the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates.…
I’ll Answer This For You: It’s The Consumer, Dummy!
“I loathe these people. It fucking sucks,” he told Entertainment Weekly. Harmon had good reason to unleash such invective. This wasn’t just a case of fans rooting for the wrong person or cheering a grisly gangland assassination. For Rick and…
Platitudes & Handwringing
That’s all they ever offer: London in the 1970s and 1980s came to accept IRA bombs as almost part of living in the capital. It would help if grotesque publicity were not given to these acts of terror. It distorts…
Because They Don’t ‘Love Animals’…
…they hate people: Billed as the ‘Animal Magic of the 21’st Century’, the 15-part series is due to air on Monday and features real creatures with computer-generated mouths to give a realistic impression that they are actually talking. Beginning in…
Attention Seeker Gets Attention, News At Eleven!
Mary Beard has said she faced a “torrent of aggressive insults” on social media after posting messages asserting the ethnic diversity of Roman Britain. Well….yes. Yes, of course she did. And it’s not like she could claim she didn’t know…
When The Leash Slips, And They Turn On You…
One Twitter user wrote: “Who in their right mind thought this and using homophobic pejorative on a Pride poster was good idea?!!! Really missed the mark. Horrendous.” And another said: “I’m rereading all of the posters thinking “how do these…
“…that’s when good neighbours become good friends.”
The dog, believed to be a Staffordshire-Cross breed, attacked the 57-year-old man in the garden at an address in Highfields Drive. A neighbour, who police said is a licenced shotgun holder, shot the animal “to stop” the vicious attack at…
“Neighbours…everybody needs good neighbours…”
Police in Ireland have described the death of a woman in County Galway as a tragic incident. The 64-year-old woman has been named locally as Teresa McDonagh. It is believed she died after being attacked by two Bullmastiff dogs at…