Patrick Butler does just that: There was relatively little coverage of the Trussell Trust’s annual figures last week, at least compared to past years. Perhaps the public, once outraged, is now resigned to foodbanks, like the poor, being always with…
Tag: Slack journalism
Doesn’t Compute…
Hackney’s top police chief has admitted his force can’t get to grips with the borough’s knife culture. Maybe you aren’t speaking to the right people? Speaking at a passionate public debate on how to make Hackney safer, Det Ch Supt…
Because Tories Aren’t People!
Dawn Foster clearly thinks so, anyway: Picture a typical first time buyer. Chances are the image you have is of a young professional couple who’ve spent years scraping together a deposit, and are keen to own the roof over their…
Please, Cameron, Tell Us How We Need More Tory Women MPs…
…because they ‘bring something extra’ to the table. That ‘something extra’ apparently being … well…. ummm… Heidi Allen, the MP for South Cambridgeshire, Caroline Ansell, the member for Eastbourne and Jo Churchill for Bury St Edmunds were taken out to…
Must Be WAYCISM, Eh, Luvvies..?
Sophie Okonedo, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Hotel Rwanda, has also said that she is offered more work from the US than in the UK. In 2014, she told the Guardian: “I do notice that…
Joseph Harker: Too Dim For Birth Control, Just Bright Enough For ‘The Guardian’…
He’s wibbling on about large families: What is the correct number of children each of us should have? It’s a question to which we urgently need an answer – made all the more necessary by the latest reported figures, which…
Enough With The Sob Stories..!
In a letter from prison seen by The Independent, Mr Beaksantia said he has been left a “broken man” by the deportation order. He said: “What I did was a stupid crime, which I regret and I am serving my…
Sorry, Penny, But It Just Shows How Britain Has Changed For The Worst…
Penny Anderson shows why she’s a ‘starving’ writer: People in Britain are battling each other for cut-price food. What, regularly? Come off it! This is just one filmed incident. I know it goes against the grain, but let’s not have…
Gawd, I Knew It’d All Be Someone Else’s Fault…
Humaira Patel on the Muslim schoolgirls: The question we find ourselves asking is short, but important: why? Why are they thought to be going to join a terrorist group in Syria when life is so much better in the UK?…
No, Stefano, A ‘Revolution’ Is Manifestly Not What Is Required…
Last week, we were informed, in an “earnest attack”, by Public Health England that supermarkets need to keep the spring flower away from the fruit and veg sections, because people are mistaking daffodil bulbs for onions. And, no, it’s not…
Alternative Headline: “People Who Live Their Lives Online OUTRAGED! At Consequences Of Optional App..”
Facebook has apologised after a new feature inviting users to review a collection of their 2014 highlights caused some to be confronted with pictures of their recently deceased family members and friends. The app selects from photos YOU have posted…
So What’s Stopping You From Setting Up Your Own Start Up, Jess?
Jess Zimmerman on social media and the awful companies who make it: I don’t mind if social media companies profit from users, as long as everything is transparent and above-board. That’s nice of you… (I mean, I mind it as…
Oh Captain, My Captain!
As a captain in the so-called politically correct police, I’ve learned that there are arrogant types who use offensive language to assert some kind of superiority. And there are well-meaning types who just get it wrong. Hugh Muir, of course,…
Spit Out That Quinoa Muffin, Hipster!
Sunili Govinnage has some bad news for the foodies: If you haven’t seen any listicles setting out the hundreds of ways coconut oil can improve your life yet, you probably need to check your internet connection. The substance that South…
“Now I know that a rented home is never yours.”
It takes a rather long time for reality to hit the ‘Guardian’ reading sector, but when it does… I have no doubt that the feelings of heartbreak I’ve been experiencing this week are well known to the thousands of people…