Matthew Carr's Blog, page 39
February 15, 2016
A Budapest in London
Last year’s election victory for Poland’s Law and Justice party is the latest expression of what some commentators have called an ‘authoritarian turn’ in Eastern Europe. The leader of Law and Justice, Jarosław Kaczyński is a xenophobic nationalist and a great … Continue reading →
February 10, 2016
Lord Snooty and the Barbarians
Experience has shown repeatedly that David Cameron has only a casual and on-off relationship with the truth. Whether inventing numbers of moderate Syrian rebels or exaggerating the numbers of migrants receiving benefits, His Lordship has never allowed his messages to … Continue reading →
February 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton: a Hawk in Hawk’s Clothing
I tend, for better or worse, to be wary of progressive political surges in American politics that place too many expectations on who becomes president, and my attitude to Bernie Sanders is no exception. On the one hand it’s heartening … Continue reading →
February 1, 2016
Europe: the return of the beast
In every era and in every society, there are those who would like to do to the left what the Chilean army once did to Victor Jara, or what the Freikorps did to Karl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg. It used to be … Continue reading →
January 28, 2016
A Bunch of Migrants
No one should be surprised that our prime minister should have marked Holocaust Day to regale the nation with a contemptuous joke about how Jeremy Corbyn met with a ‘bunch of migrants in Calais’ and ‘told them that they could … Continue reading →
January 26, 2016
Davos: the sound of one hand clapping
For those who like to follow the example of Brian and his disciples and always look on the bright side of life, it can safely be said that 2016 hasn’t gotten off to the most cracking start. The year began … Continue reading →
January 23, 2016
Luke Loy: Death by Government
One of the most sinister achievements of the Tory government is the ease with which it has managed to condition the public to accept the most brutal victimisation of some of its most vulnerable and defenseless members as something normal … Continue reading →
January 20, 2016
Learn English! The Vicious Idiocy of David Cameron
I have to admit that when I hear the word ‘integration’ coming from politicians nowadays, it makes me want to reach for my revolver. By integration, I don’t mean the word that British Home Secretary Roy Jenkins famously defined it back … Continue reading →
January 14, 2016
The Knights of Cologne
As a sixty-year-old man I obviously can’t speak with a great deal of authority on what it’s like to be a young woman in Europe. Nevertheless I am the parent of a twenty-year-old daughter who likes to go out at … Continue reading →
January 11, 2016
My Week as a Media Pariah
‘When I first started a blog in January 2011, I did so as a rather hesitant experiment. I soon came to enjoy and appreciate the opportunity to write in an informal and sometimes polemical style, generally in response to immediate … Continue reading →
