Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play. Joseph Goebbels Mistrust in the mainstream media has been fuelled by allegations of bias and the spread of ‘fake news’. Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2017 found that just over 40 per cent of people in the UK agreed with the statement,…
Category: Opinion
The Left Forgot To Care
Without a doubt, of the strangest occurrences of the past year has been the left’s failure to care about the damages of the lockdowns. I had always believed that whilst occasionally misguided or over-zealous, most people believed in the ideas of the left because they genuinely cared about people. Yet, throughout 2020 I…
Britain Needs A GameStop Moment
Mere days after Alexandria Ocasia Cortez accused Ted Cruz of inciting protestors to attempt to murder her, they suddenly find themselves on the same side. I would not have believed it to be possible but apparently hatred of Wall Street and the banking class is enough to unite everyone from the far left…
The Government Are Criminally Unprepared For A Winter Second Wave
There is one thing that I am sure that almost every single person in this country can agree on. When, in March and April, we were locked down during the first wave of covid-19, there were very few people who expected that by the time that winter rolled around, we would be experiencing…
Rehumanising: How Food Can Change The World
In the intro to her book Sitopia: How Food Can Change The World, author Carolyn Steel recounts the tale of meeting a Dutch Shell Executive at a Ted Conference. He was looking for ideas to save the world and was dispairing at his perceived lack of investment opportunities. How he felt uninspired in…
How To Thrive Not Survive Post-Pandemic
“There is little doubt that another crisis will see us in the streets and squares once again, taking us all by surprise… These moments when the impossible seems suddenly possible are excruciatingly rare and precious. That means more must be made of them. The next time one arises, it must be harnessed not…