I must admit to being largely undisgusted by Donald Trump’s behaviour. Plenty of the American president’s actions are bad, of course, and the man is a grotesque Geordie Shore parody of fake tan and hair. But he’s never viscerally bothered me.
On this point I’ll part company with many readers, who will fairly cite a lengthy charge sheet of disgusting behaviour: the lying, the locking kids in cages, his general shadiness. You could retch, I agree; I just don’t.
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Distracting you from the excitement/terror of the US general election, we are belatedly discussing last week’s British news, including the November lockdown, Labour’s reheated anti-Semitism scandal, and our social media addictions.
Joining us is our disappointing Twitter following.
Continue reading →I gave up browsing Twitter on a campsite in Dorset. It had been a long time coming, delayed unduly by the question of what would distract me while I was taking a shit. (Crosswords, as it happens.)
No great epiphany prompted it; rather the steady trickle of stupidity passing by my eyeballs everyday eventually took its toll. A website that is always running on full retard wears you down, and I was so tired, as the wokies say.
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This week we are asking what career would be right for you during the pandemic-induced economic crash, why it’s right the government keep smelly northerners in their homes, and why social media is forcing you to listen to this podcast.
Joining us is a professional Scouser boycotting this show.
Continue reading →I’ve previously described my scepticism towards businesses weighing in on the culture wars, or even politics in general. As I put it, the mechanism for choosing ice cream should be distinct from voting.
One way of putting this policy into practice is to ignore any political messaging a company puts out. Whether Ben & Jerry’s is woke, based or indifferent you buy that ice cream.
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