The sad story of Scots Wikipedia
Hats off to the Guardian for the pun in this headline: Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia Nineteen-year-old says he is ‘devastated’ after being accused of cultural vandalism...
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When Samuel Paty was decapitated in the street in broad daylight for trying to teach his students a civics lesson, the New York Times ran with the woefully misleading headline “French Police Shoot and...
View ArticleNatWest hints at its own bankruptcy? Saying it might have to exit the stage...
The bank formerly known as RBS, now called NatWest Bank PLC, has announced that if Scotland votes to leave the UK, it will move to London Britain’s NatWest would move its headquarters out of Scotland...
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View ArticleYou were entirely in the tank, Jacinda
‘Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year’s election, saying she no longer has “enough in the tank” to lead’, reports the BBC. ‘Ms Ardern choked up as...
View ArticleEnglish children ranked fourth in international reading test. Yes, really.
England came fourth out of the 43 countries that tested children of the same age in the Progress International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), announces the government. Singapore, Hong Kong, Russia,...
View ArticleHarry and Meghan are the King and Queen of Narcissism
By Dr. Douglas Young, U. of N. GA-Gainesville political science professor emeritus Pity Party Prince Harry and manipulative Miss Meghan Markle may well be the most narcissistic couple on the planet:...
View ArticleFree speech and privacy are under siege across the Anglosphere
Here are three articles I saw over the last couple of days, one about Canada, one about the UK, and one about Ireland. Jordan Peterson writing in the Telegraph: As a professional, practicing clinical...
View ArticleFreedom and free movement
Some propositions: 1. Freedom is a good thing. It is good in itself and it leads to good outcomes. 2. Freedom includes “free movement”. 3. Free movement is a bad thing. It leads to bad outcomes. I can...
View ArticleWhat Nigel Biggar says about the British Empire
We are constantly being told by that coalition of communists and racists that talk about “de-colonisation” that the British Empire was a Bad Thing and that therefore we whiteys should a) be ashamed, b)...
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