In my last post I talked about collectivised victimhood, its negative effect on the individual and why it should not inform policy. On the flip side of this is collectivised guilt which is also proble…
The growing trend of collectivised victimhood
One of the interesting stories of the last week for me was Serena Williams rallying call for black women. Writing in fortune magazine she urged black women to speak out for equal pay. It is certainly …
It is time for the BBC to be cut into pieces and privatised
I have never been one for the politics of envy. The fact that there are people who earn large sums of money doesn’t bother me. I say good on you to people who have done well for themselves. I do howev…
The disintegration of political debate
I do not know whether it has always been like this, I have not been around long enough, but one cannot deny how poor the level of debate has become. Personal abuse seems to have become completely norm…
Why David Cameron is right on austerity
This week the former PM stepped in to rebuke those who would allow the public finances to spiral out of control. I must be living on another planet to everyone else. On the planet I live on, the U.K i…