Recent content by Mark EJ

Or alternatively, the electorate just didn't trust the rest with their votes. There's always that possibility, comrade.

Both the OberStarmer & Miss Piggy/Lady Nugee are in a cupboard somewhere, voluntarily. They knew what was going to happen, but nevertheless lied through their teeth about it, and then went to ground hoping not to be associated with it. Gareth Snell (Labour) basically just confirmed this to...

Thanks for your apology, Comrade Lonorgan.

Alex; Different… relative to what? I think we met in 2015 or 2016, although it could have been a year or two earlier — you’d done some excellent acoustic panels in the Neat room at the Bristol Show. In recognition of that, I feel I owe you a response. Honestly, as far as I’m aware, I’m the...

Actually, he didn't, comrade. He said "right wing / racist". I've already clarified the "fascist" issue for your benefit. The best thing, though, was the "Failure to comply will result in..." boilerplate. It's like getting a letter from John McDonnell.

Well, you for one. All you had to do was check the image link. If I'd photoshopped it, the link source would be a hosting site, not the DT. It's not rocket science.

Sorry comrade — I thought it was OK to post items from the national press. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/12/12/footwear-mystery-diane-abbott-votes-two-left-footed-shoes/ PS: What do you mean by "memes"? Is that English, or just urban slang for 'something I don't agree with'?

Tomorrow we might wake up in a fascist police state AND with free broadband. Sorry, comrades. This is my idea of a joke. It's probably not at all funny.

Actually, that's an excellent article once you read beyond the misleading headline. I don't see a formal conspiracy -- just group- and doublethink, conscious or otherwise, although it suits the article's purpose to frame it in such terms. For the most part it seems factually accurate, and its...

To varying extents, and generally overall, yes. Forgot Olly Robbins though. Him too. Especially him.

Wipe that screen, Tony!

Well, obviously I'm sorry to confuse you. My central and very general point is that historical perspective puts things in a different light, to the extent that many of the attitudes to the EU, etc. currently considered 'correct', "progressive" and fashionable were originally held, not that long...

Absolutely. Gramsci, Clarke, Heseltine, Blair, Brown, Major, Dimblebys, Ashdown, Toynbee(s), etc. You don't notice it because it's been a slow process.

He certainly is.

The current EU, as an institution, has elements of both. This is not that surprising given that those two apparent extremes have more in common with each other than either has with anything else, and from the point of view of the man in the street, probably relatively little to distinguish them...