From his illegal marriage to fifteen-year-old singer Aaliyah in 1994 to the child pornography trial of 2008 to the sadistic sex cult reported to Buzzfeed in 2017, R Kelly’s well-known exploits have furthered his career […]
Gillette Debate: ‘Woke-Washing’ or Shaving Toxic Masculinity?
Another Example of Commercial Woke-Washing With the shutdown of US government at the hands of the most puerile and incompetent leader the free world has ever seen, and a different famous face being accused or […]
Editor’s Letter, Issue 7 – “What Would Princess Diana do Today” and why you Should Always Check your Spam Inbox
Dear readers, Hello and welcome back to a wonderful new semester at Leeds. You’re now in what the established figures at the University like to call ‘Re-Freshers Week’ – but you’ll probably know it better […]
Is David Lammy Project Fear’s Latest Spokesperson?
The 15th January 2019 was a historic day for the United Kingdom. Following four days of relentless debate, Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected by a parliamentary majority of 230; the greatest in the country’s […]
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Donald?
The United States government today entered its twenty-seventh day of a partial shutdown in what is now the second-longest shutdown its history. 800,000 government employees have gone without pay, with some such as airport security […]
The Democrats Gearing To Take Trump On
November 3rd, 2020 seems like a lifetime away but several prominent Democrats are already eyeing up the next U.S. election and getting themselves ready to run against Republican President Trump. One big-name Democrat has already […]
Political Correctness Gone Sad
We are, in general, pretty good at knowing when we’re being lied to. Advertising, politicians, announcements on public transport; modern human existence, unfortunately, involves wading through a fair amount of bullshit of one sort or […]
The Folly of UKIP’s Current Leader Gerard Batten
It’s not often I agree with Nigel Farage but his assessment of UKIP’s drift under Gerard Batten is more-or-less spot on. Batten has made the critical mistake of confusing social media with political reality, an […]
Ohio’s Bill 565: The Latest Threat To Women’s Reproductive Rights In The US
A Bill has been introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives that could dramatically affect the access women have to abortions. House Bill 565 proposes to expand the legislature’s definition of a ‘person’ to include […]
The Surprising Case For The Fifty Pound Thatcher
When news broke that the new £50 note would bear the face of a great figure of science, I didn’t give a damn. I’m sure many join me in my sentiments. Those who considered classics like […]
Is George Soros To Blame For Everything?
Remember when conspiracy theories were the sole preserve of your one insufferable friend who painstakingly chronicled their YouTube “research” in an effort to convince you that 9/11 was an “inside job”? No longer. They are […]
We Must Not Let Nostalgia for Civility Blind Us to Past Mistakes
‘Legacy.’ It’s said that George H.W. Bush never much liked the word. His son and heir to the throne said the elder Bush thought the word self serving, a politically loaded term bandied about to […]