dmm-2024

I’ve been thinking a great deal about the ‘rise’ of Reform and their recent media saturation. The unbridled racism. The use of Twitter as a megaphone. I have two main theories that can point to a more hopeful future, if we don’t accept the Reform narrative: 1) Reform are allowing those who were suppressed in the late 80’s and early 90’s by a change in our societal views, to re-vent their inherent racism. In the UK it became unacceptable to be racist. It was eradicated to a more tolerant mindset; or so we thought. The recent removal of guardrails from twitter…

I have been castigated endlessly for my views on this, slightly, controversial subject so here’s a brief explainer as to how I get to where I am and why I think there’s no room for complaint if you have to increase your fees for private school. TL;DR – Basically … tough. Suck it up. But, there are myriad reasons for that brash statement and I’m not being antagonistic. Without wanting this introduction to seem like a plea for sympathy, I grew up on a council estate, south of Glasgow, as the son of a single parent. That’s my opening gambit and…