Politicians have always lied. Never more so than during election campaigns. It would be naïve to have sat down before the leaders’ debate with anything less than a handful of salt. Yet even this familiar, […]
Corporal Punishment Against Children: End as We Wish to Go On.
It is time for corporal punishment against children to end, in all settings. Yet the nature of its prohibition must set an example of the understanding and composure with which the discipline of children should […]
Come together, right now, over Brexit
How wonderful it is watching Boris Johnson have tantrums at the dispatch box, but as the Conservative Party implodes the opposition cannot afford to stretch out on the front bench. The Conservatives are weaker than […]
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 […]
We Should All Walk a Mile in Her Nikes
Tennis is a game of binaries, things are very much ‘in or out’. The discourse that has sprung from the final of the US Open was not quite as clear-cut and has proven that the […]
The Gryphon asks: should Commons Speaker John Bercow have objected to Trump speaking in parliament?
Yes – Aiden Alexander Wynn At the beginning of last week, John Bercow did something courageous and, frankly, necessary, in stating his opposition to Trump and his upcoming state visit. Some may argue that this […]
How do you like your democracy, whipped?
It seems that, on January 19th, Jeremy Corbyn awoke feeling that he had entirely too much support from what is left of the Labour party and that his shadow cabinet was simply held together too […]
Hum for Harambe: Candlelight vigil held for late gorilla
A vigil held for a gorilla? You bet. But Harambe is more than an animal. He’s a meme… “Harambe was sadly taken from us, but his heart still stays in all of us.” So runs […]