The lost art of the political put down
What one grieves for when hearing Raynor’s speech is what has been lost: the art of the political put down. Her diatribe was absent of any wit and the true imagination of a good insult.
Weird binary: Not hypocrisy, compliance signalling
This weird binary displays that the member is able to project two contradictory positions (virtually simultaneously) without processing error; it shows he is Party compliant.
Hurtling towards a barren wasteland - The Week in Review (ep. 38)
Episode thirty-eight of The Week in Review is out now.
Don’t panic! Toilet paper, petrol, and politics
If a population lets its appetite and impulses hijack its common sense, it is bound to be controlled by its own biological urges and prey to a power hungry dictatorial political elite.
Covid and the moral matrix: Will the new “lockdown code of ethics” persist beyond the pandemic?
It isn’t clear, at this juncture, whether society will snap back to its pre-Covid morality or reshape itself around this new “moral matrix.”
Your Life in 10 - Peter Hitchens (s01 e10)
In this episode, the final one of this series, Peter Hitchens joins S.D. Wickett in discussion.
Prime Minister, Kermit was right: it's not easy being green
There is one slight difficulty though, and that is replacing all the things you have banned.
Bleating “Tax The Rich” will not help the poor
The truth is there is no better defender of the poor, and upholder of their security and prosperity, than a socially conservative society.