Censorship and Arrests in Wake of Christchurch Attack
No matter the source of the violence, no matter the politics or casualties or the location, it seems the reaction of governments in the face of "terrorism" is virtually...
Guardian getting behind Beto O’Rourke?
Headlines are important, sometimes they’re the only part of any story people will read. They scan over the words, assume they got the gist of the article, and move...
Jess Phillips Emerges as Establishment Pick to Replace Corbyn
It seems The Times is willing to give column inches to any Labour MP willing to insult and undermine their leader, and is determined to try and tell the...
The MSM just realised the “Integrity Initiative” is a thing
…and it turns out it was all Russia’s fault Kit Knightly For those of you who don’t know, the Integrity Initiative is (was?) a UK-government funded operation to “counter...
Anti-Capitalism is NOT Anti-Semitism
Austerity is a brutal crime against humanity. The rich get richer whilst the poor are starving. The 1% deserve to be held up to scrutiny, criticism and even prosecution....
What Has The Monarchy Ever Done For Its Supporters?
David Lindsay Following the decision not to charge Prince Philip, am I a republican yet? I really do not want to be. They are usually the people who want...
Labour Splitters: Getting the Bland Back Together
As of this morning, seven MPs have officially resigned the whip and quit the Labour Party. They are now "independent", apparently. Their names, if you don't know already: Chris...
“New Knowledge” and the same old same old
Most of us in the UK-based alternate media are familiar with the Integrity Initiative by now. A disinformation campaign funded by the foreign office through the (very dodgy sounding)...
Venezuela: Guardian sparing neocon blushes
Kit Knightly This website started as a way to air opinions that The Guardian would not allow in their comments section. Over time it evolved into fact-checking. Rarely has...
Open Thread: US Backs anti-Maduro Coup in Venezuela
In a move that many of us saw coming, the US has backed efforts to force Nicolas Maduro from the Presidency of Venezuela. Earlier today Donald Trump officially recognised...
Buzzfeed, Question Time & the purpose of Fake News
in the last two months both Buzzfeed and The Guardian have issued "BREAKING NEWS" stories that were based on anonymous sources....both these stories were shown to be untrue...
Why is Theresa May still Prime Minister?
Theresa May's government has a strong argument for being the worst in the history of our democracy. So why is it allowed to continue?
Discuss: Brexit deal vote looms
Tonight, any time now, the UK Parliament will vote on whether or not accept Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit "deal" with the EU. The deal, which essentially keeps us...
Discuss: Kerch Strait and Azov Sea Tensions
The Guardian has a an opinion piece today, titled: The EU’s response to Russia must be bold and unanimous. It is written by German politician Norbert Röttgen, head of...
The EU and the warning signs of Fascism
Things are spiralling out of control in Europe, faster than many predicted. Outside of Brexit, there is strong anti-EU feeling in Hungary, Spain, Italy, Greece and France. The EU...
The Guardian’s Bush obituary plumbs new depths of sycophantic hypocrisy
We're no longer supposed to examine the lives, characters or morals of our leaders. Only "honor their memory" and be "grateful for their service". History is presented to us,...
“People hold opinions I don’t share, we should stop them.”
Kit Knightly Sixty percent of us believe in “conspiracy theories”, and we shouldn’t. At least according to Hugo Drochon, Professor of Politics at Nottingham University. He doesn’t raise the...
UPDATED: The “Secret Meetings” of Paul Manafort & Julian Assange
This is classic dishonest journalism. Leaving out important information, whilst building its entire case on alleged anonymous "sources". The tools of the hack with an axe to grind, or...
“Venezuela is facing disaster”
Kit Knightly There’s a video doing the rounds on Twitter, a solemn-voiced, serious-eyed man appealing directly to the camera: “Venezuela is facing disaster”, he intones. And then there’s stock...
The Rehabilitation of Robert Mueller
The “Resistance” – the loose affiliation of liberals, progressives and neo-conservatives dedicated to opposing Donald Trump – is NOT a grass-roots movement. They don’t speak for the everyman or...
