Politics

No more bombs

And now look. At the end of a song about an abusive relationship, the singer Liza Minnelli whispers ‘no more bombs’ in a soft desperate voice. I whisper that same way now as I watch the war escalate in the…

Balancing human rights and victim rights

Our only achievement in the last 100 years is convincing more people that the brain is like a car… There is little we can do to prevent someone with a chronic mental health condition killing people. The slaughter of three…

Tanned and tariffic

Capitalism is a powerful force but it’s blind followers are vulnerable to subjugation because at the heart of capitalism is the need to assert individualism and what goes with this is a slowness to mobilise. Tariffs on countries to pressure…

Knickers

It’s still the quickest way to the top, in 3 easy steps – demonise minorities, amplify their threat and convince the mainstream they are losing grip on power. What happens when Donald Trump realises the extent of America’s powers? When…