Keir Starmer

Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government: Edward Bernays — Thomas Ferguson in his book Golden Rule argues that where the major investors in political parties agree on an issue, the parties will not compete on that issue no matter how strongly the public might want an alternative. …

Attempts by two newly elected Democrat governors to reclaim the words patriotism and freedom from the Republicans are significant when it comes to retooling the American political frame. The governors-elect of Maryland and Pennsylvania — Wes Moore and Josh Shapiro — tried this tack during the recent election campaign. They…

We desperately need someone new to blame It has already long passed the waypoints of idiocy, stupidity, and now pure recklessness. It has passed the point where our politicians, spinning in circles, can dictate our future. The time has come for the citizens of the United Kingdom to pick someone new to blame. …

With the resignation of Liz Truss there is talk of call of a general election. My thought is that it is mostly talk since the governing party has ample opportunity to avoid one for more than two years in anything like the present situation, and, given public feeling toward it…

It’s not that I don’t think Boris is a cunt — I thoroughly do — but it’s just that criticism of the last few months of his crisis ridden tenure has been exhausting. Ridden being the operative word because he’s managed to surf on the various controversies for far too…