Who The ‘ell Are All These Prats, Then?: Looking at the Second 2022 Conservative leadership race

No, wait we just did this. I’m serious. I’ve been too busy to write anything since the last time we had this article and I’m beginning to be concerned this is a kind of Groundhog Day curse. Back in the fog of July, when Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was unceremoniously told to scram, it seemed like the Conservative Party was finally preparing … Continue reading Who The ‘ell Are All These Prats, Then?: Looking at the Second 2022 Conservative leadership race

The U.K. Parliament’s Long Love Affair with Cocaine

“People having a line of cocaine might not think they’re causing anyone harm, or that they’re playing a part in a criminal enterprise,” Sajid Javid, Britain’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, wrote in The Guardian Monday, “but they are actually the final link in a chain that has suffering, violence and exploitation at every stage.” Such strong language from Javid, a key … Continue reading The U.K. Parliament’s Long Love Affair with Cocaine