Yesterday, I received a gushing email from Sarah Hayward and Keir Starmer, respectively leader of Camden Council and MP for … More
Category: society
Refuting Isis
A summary of Refuting Isis by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi January 2016: I’ve just finished reading this powerful piece by Shaykh … More
Analysing The Guardian on Corbyn
Here is an article from today’s Guardian with my comments on the quality of the journalism interspersed throughout. It’s the … More
How to deal with the police
Nightjack’s advice on how to survive an encounter with the police if you’re a nice middle-class person.
Palestinians boot Blair
Blair mumps it up. Again.
On bombing Syria
I wrote to my MP, Keir Starmer, as follows: As a constituent and former soldier, I urge you strongly not … More
The Beggar and the Fat Man
An old rabbi, almost penniless himself, lived in a small town in Russia. If ever a beggar asked him for … More
A failure of politicians (so what’s new)
In April 2004 a group of very senior diplomats wrote to then-PM Tony Blair regarding the catastrophic US-UK adventures in … More
The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
There’s a good article here on the myth of AA and how it is rarely questioned in mainstream culture. Everyone … More
Email from Iraq: Close protection in Baghdad
I thought that I would let you all know how things are going, what occurs and all that stuff. After … More