JamesMural Sparks (A Far Cry From Islington)Anti-semitism exists on the left; there is a specific form of anti-semitism which exists on the left that does not exist on the right or…Mar 26, 20181Mar 26, 20181
JamesHet UpIn pro-wrestling the face-heel dynamic is the central, underpinning source of conflict. The “face” is set up to represent everything that…Sep 7, 2017Sep 7, 2017
JamesBeasts of BodenThere is a political tendency among certain politicians — someone, I don’t know who, has daubed them “authentocrats” — to loudly declare a…Aug 31, 2017Aug 31, 2017
JamesPidcock and Bull StoryThe game lies equal at 1–1. Paul Gerrard — Everton’s keeper — is injured on the floor. A cross comes in from the the right. Seemingly, the…Aug 25, 2017Aug 25, 2017
JamesLife and Death Leaves No Room For ChivalrySenator John McCain dragging his cancer wracked body to the Senate to vote on the Republican motion to repeal the ACA (Obamacare) showed…Jul 26, 2017Jul 26, 2017
JamesMugged OffJeremy Corbyn’s halo has started to slip a little after the election. The fact that he is a Eurosceptic has always been the one issue…Jul 25, 2017Jul 25, 2017
JamesStonewalls and CoalfacesMansfield, “that once romantic now utterly disheartening colliery town” has transformed again since DH Lawrence penned those words of…Jul 21, 2017Jul 21, 2017
JamesDead CentreThere has been much talk of setting up an NCP — that’s New Centrist Party, not the scalping carparks — ever since Labour went left under…Jul 1, 2017Jul 1, 2017
JamesWhat’s the story mourning Tories?If it looks like a lame duck, quacks like a lame duck, and walks like a lame duck, it’s a lame duck. Theresa May is right now a lame duck…Jun 20, 2017Jun 20, 2017