The political debate moved out of parliament several decades ago, into the judicial arena in a wave of enthusiasm for ‘judicial review’ – now it is being played out in the criminal courts. The Old

Watching PMQs today was depressing – the last whimper of democracy.  The pompous dwarf currently installed in the Speaker’s Chair churning out his patronising ‘put downs’, as our elected spokesmen prematurely articulated their incoherent insults and jibes; both

I have touched before on the story of Carol Felstead, who was possibly the first ‘accredited’ satanic abuse cult victim. Carol died on the 29 June 2005

(Note: [remove before publishing] Should be safe enough Ed: they must have run out of vegetable puns after yesterday….)

Hurling abuse is a time honoured occupation. The earliest reference I can find is to an early

Several days ago, I received a Twitter message asking if an organisation could do a guest post on this blog. I’d never heard of the ‘Kazuri community’ – something to do with Kazakstan

I need to say something just to stop my stomach churning. I am hoping, if you read this, you will post it in response to every abolitionist org that tries to use the street children of Rio to

Septicmania is a reality threatening invasion of the public consciousness caused by factoids distributed through the medium of the newswires. It was fatal before the invention of the Internet. 

A outbreak in the

You could earn yourself a cool £4,000 a week advising the colossus of the parliamentary scene. Every week.

You might imagine that you need specialist qualifications to take up this magnanimous offer; psychiatric training perhaps, though the present

I love investigating celebrities, and I’m chastely puritanical,

I twat on Twitter and with privacy I’m economical;

I’ve learned to speak at conferences, colloquia and seminars

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“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence”. Leonardo da Vinci.

Post-Leveson, the Dead Tree Press has been keen to show that, unregulated, they can expose much wrong doing in our world that could protect

The notion that sex in some circumstances is degrading harks back to ideas of racial purity, eugenics even. Some sexual acts can be degrading, both to men and women – but it is never the act