Category Archives: Broken Britain

Multi-culti, middle-class, left-wing, prickocracy

By scrubber | Published: July 5, 2011
Step forward the BBC and the Guardian. Yes! You! Pat Condell, no wallflower he, is really on form here (and a new word too). I challenge a Guardian-reader to listen all the way through and accept that he has some valid points… How apposite is that: “Prickocracy! Love it. Wikio Wikio
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Quentin Letts does Ben Gummer over…

By scrubber | Published: June 5, 2011
Pinched from Quentin Letts’ column in the Daily Mail online yesterday: Ben Gummer, Tory MP for Ipswich, has a small majority. Could yet shrink, too. Just before half-term, he made a speech in the Commons that supported Ken Clarke’s liberal views on prison sentences. Baby Gummer, 33 going on 12, is son of John Gummer. I’m sure it was [...]
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10 more reasons Socialism can’t and will never work.

By scrubber | Published: June 3, 2011
William John Henry Boetcker. Who? Born in Hamburg in 1873, he migrated to America as a young adult, becoming a Presbyterian minister soon after his arrival. Wikipedia says that he “is perhaps best remembered for his authorship of a pamphlet entitled The Ten Cannots. Originally published in 1916…”. Personally, I would argue that most people, certainly outside [...]
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Socialism encapsulated

By scrubber | Published: May 26, 2011
Here is a picture (thanks to Old Holborn for posting it) which shows clearly why Socialism doesn’t, and will never, work. As Margaret Thatcher once said: “The trouble with Socialists is that eventually they run out of other people’s money”. Click the picture to enlarge it, which is well worth doing, but try not to be [...]
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If you don’t know your rights, you have none

By scrubber | Published: April 2, 2011
Hat-tip, Old Holborn: What should have happened (nicked from a comment by a policeman on another blog): Hello, I’ve stopped you because you went through a red light which is an offence. Then he should have cautioned him. The way I propose to deal with this is prosecuting you by way of a fixed penalty notice (explain process) Request the [...]
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Nanny says: have a few, it’s good for you…

By scrubber | Published: February 23, 2011
A study published yesterday in the British Medical Journal, which rejoices in the mind-numbing title of “Association of alcohol consumption with selected cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis” shows that moderate drinking can help prevent heart disease and stroke. Good old Auntie Beeb, says this: the review of 30 years of research “showed a [...]
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How the left loves to censor free speech.

By scrubber | Published: February 8, 2011
Daniel Hannan has written about this several times, and he’s right, the left does love to censor free speech. He writes here and here about the hypocrisy of the left, and the way it uses insults and spittle-flecked invective to sully its opponents. However, today I want to draw readers’ attention to an article in today’s [...]
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Richard Littlejohn’s Economics ABC

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
Richard Littlejohn is always good for a laugh, and has a knack of being able to offend or upset people from all sectors of the political spectrum; it’s what he does. Today’s entry in the Daily Mail is a classic, and should be compulsory reading for all of us, especially Alan Johnson. I’ve noticed a concerted [...]
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None so blind as those who will not see…

By scrubber | Published: November 18, 2010
How many people who watch the following video will draw the same conclusion as Appeal Judge Mr Justice Bean? Watch the video, draw your own conclusions, then read on… Note that although there is some sound, it’s only at the start, and the timings at the bottom of the screen appear to be out of [...]
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It’s official! Our children are even cleverer than last year

By scrubber | Published: August 19, 2010
Firstly, apologies for the paucity of posts lately. I’ve been away a while, and the back-up team seems to have gone AWOL as well. Anyway, I popped home today for lunch and caught the local BBC News. The piece I saw was the usual short clip about how more A levels have been passed at higher [...]
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