In the Uk, the Grenfell Tower tragedy has illustrated numerous flaws in our democracy and the tendency of the elites to straighten out the story ahead of the enquiry. The problem with Grenfell is that the actual residents were somewhere down the pecking order when
The western world has progressed from tribalism through to the current "free market" which is an evolved form of capitalism. Capitalism, of course, required the creation of economic value. This economic value is essentially the profit after labour and other costs have been deducted from
Let us just take a few issues. A lack of cultural integration, a debt based economy, an inefficient state sector that is barely democratic, a legal system too elite, remote and expensive for most to access, a political system designed to promote the interests of groups
Complicated but we sensitively pick our way through the issues. But no holds barred. The western world and Islam have totally differing values and expectations and there is no point in pretending otherwise. The western world, shaped by the Enlightenment and then the slow relentless march
It is so sad that up to 100 people have been engulfed in fire. The community affected is poor multiracial and multicultural and so has no voice. The council's response betrays the typical reaction of a bureaucracy being defensive and camouflaging responsibility until stories have been straightened
It is so hard to explain the real nature of the conflict between Islam and the Western world as the liberal sensibilities of the elite render the issue too fraught with potential allegations of discrimination. Any critical comment about Islam is thus stifled to the point where
It was undoubtedly the young, the mums and the returnicks from UKIP who collectively swung the vote for Labour and did for the Tories. The Tories and we mean the whole Parliamentary party have no-one to blame but themselves. Rather than have a charismatic male or
Disappointing though a return to the 1970's is, it was clearly on the cards for both main parties Labour with their offer to the young of jam tomorrow and the Tories with their third attempt at project fear. Both managed to attract voters back from smaller parties and
There is alleged bias and there is real bias. The room packed with a certain type of voter is an extreme version of alleged bias the subtly of the nuanced comment a milder and harder to support version of alleged bias. The policy of basing
The 'State' should read our post on 24th May for a few ideas and hints about how it can sensitively 'grow that pair' and stand up for British values and human rights when it deals with the misogynistic, cruel and discriminating, flogging, stoning and head chopping