US Presidential Election

Happy Inauguration Anniversary, Mr President. And thanks for getting back to the separation of powers

January 19, 2018
Martin Sewell
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One year ago, our friends in the USA exchanged one thin-skinned narcissistic president for another, and immediately a fresh chapter of their ongoing culture wars began. Less inhibited than their Republican opponents, self-styled Social Justice Warriors declared themselves to be…

‘Shithole countries’ tittle-tattle only served to mask the Uranium One fallout: the real scandal is yet to surface

January 17, 2018
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Last Friday, President Trump was reported to have used the most crass terms when discussing admitting migrants from countries like Haiti into the United States of America. He denies the…

Bishop of Liverpool slams Trump/Brexit voters who “bow the knee to hate”

November 21, 2016
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Amazon have produced a warm, cuddly, interfaith Christmas ad. And it's authentic: there are no actors. A real-life vicar and a real-life imam exchange gifts (knee-pads) to help make praying…

“To a man and a woman.. the Democrats have morphed into Violet Elizabeth Bott”

November 18, 2016
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Goodness, what larks! I believe it was rubber-mouthed minstrel Mr. Jagger who sang about ‘Dancing in the Street’, and now half of the United States is doing it! All because…

God has chosen Donald Trump to be 45th President of the United States

November 9, 2016
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God has chosen the 45th President of the United States, and God chose bigly. It really is a great result, just the best, really. It really is. God is going…

Cathedral conference: ‘Holding Heretics in the Light: the context of conflagration’

October 14, 2016
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Goodness! Such a lot of fuss over Mr. Trump’s cat. I have two wonderful Siamese pussies and I love to cuddle them… I find it very therapeutic. If he fiddled…

Which is worse in a presidential candidate – dirty words about sexual assault or conspiring to conceal rape?

October 10, 2016
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Donald Trump is a vain, obnoxious, arrogant, lying, bombastic sleazebag. Or, as they say across the pond, "an asshole". Everybody knows it, or seems to. So when a decade-old recording…

Catholics for Trump: “We are in a battle for the soul of America”

October 2, 2016
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The Lord has chosen Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. At least Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen believes so. Perhaps if you were Donald Trump's lawyer…

Labour Party Conference: “We are proud of our diversity record, which will be even better when all the straight, white, Christian and Jewish people are expelled”

September 30, 2016
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Goodness, what a palaver! Our weekend guest, Dr. Giles Fontwater, late Dean of Cantwell College, Oxbridge, recently attended the Neo-Chartist-Stalinist-Stakhanovite Party Conference in Liverpool as an interested observer of the…

Searching for Trump Clinton alternatives? There is one…

July 25, 2016
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America has a problem. Their quest to find the wisest leader; the most experienced negotiator; the most honest, committed, charismatic and cool politician to be the next President of…