The intolerance of free speech is intolerable – William Hallowell
30 August 2021 | OPINION
A Catholic priest has been vilified for openly expressing Catholic views by a university that’s had Catholic chaplains for ninety...
Dysfunctional men: violence beckons – Nick Buckley MBE
16 August 2021 | OPINION
A lunatic guns down 5 innocent people in Plymouth. It is rightly seen as a national tragedy. This is not...
‘The End Is Nigh’ – or have we heard it all...
13 August 2021 | OPINION
For as long as I can remember, we have been warned about climate change. It was not always called climate...
England fans deserve a half apology – Nick Buckley MBE
3 August 2021 | OPINION
I decided to wait a couple of weeks before writing about missed penalties, racist abuse and a country losing its...
Why do Boris and the Tories dislike our young people so...
Boris Johnson is said to be 'raging' about the low vaccine uptake amongst the youth, but young people are raging about Boris. Raging. No one likes being blackmailed, particularly when they have already made huge sacrifices.
Don’t surrender free speech to combat nasty trolls – Nick Buckley...
Out of a population of 68 million, a small handful of idiots posted racist comments directed at the football players who missed penalties at the Euro final, with the majority of posts coming from outside the UK. This abuse should not have come as a surprise to anyone. Black football players get racist abuse online. All players get abuse online.
A brief history of the British Empire
Everything that is currently wrong in the world seems to be the fault of the British Empire. But what was the British Empire? How did it start? What countries were involved? The following is an extremely brief history of expansion, not morality. I am not a historian – I am a Googler.
Here’s why the Nazis are socialists – Nick Buckley MBE
12 July 2021 | OPINION
Every time someone dares to ponder this question a tidal wave of unhappy socialists hit back online. Accusations fly of...
England are in the final, but I won’t be watching –...
I have been called pathetic and childish several times in my life. Haven't we all? If not, then you have never stood on principle and taken an unpopular view. If you do not stand up for what you believe in, then you are just one of the 'sheeple' – docile, compliant and easily influenced. Sheep/people.
It’s too late for reform, Auntie Beeb needs to be defunded...
If I had a pound for every time the BBC broke one of its Royal Charter commitments, I'd probably end up with enough to pay for every over-75's licence fee.