Tag: hague

The Empire Strikes Back: On Britain, Syria, and Military Involvement
Sunday Long Read: While Corbyn became embroiled in the specifics of the case for British airstrikes in Syria, comments from a prominent Tory demonstrated the Empire-era worldview still held by Conservatives.
Proletarian Pantomine: 8 Politicians Who Slum It Like the Rest of Us
Grant Shapps' patronising beer and bingo tweet captured the popular imagination this week as social media leapt on the opportunity to create some pithy parodies, exposing the Conservatives as out-of-touch contra to their claims of being the 'Workers' Party'. Shapps isn't the first and won't be the last to fail at getting down with the proles.