Iain Roberts' Blog

For a book published 31 years ago, " Guards! Guards! " by Sir Terry Pratchett has a lot to tell us about Brexit. I started reading...

The 2020 US Presidential election is tomorrow. I almost wish I believed in gods, so I could pray to them to have mercy on us all. I don'...

I'm breaking a blog silence of nearly a year. In a theme from before I broke off, I have lacked the stomach to write long posts about p...

One of the fun things about moving to Toronto is exploring a whole new craft beer scene. I say "Canadian beers", but beer distri...

British politics is a steaming heap of rubbish. Every time I look, the pile is higher and smellier. It's leaking some kind of fluid. The...

The British Conservative Party is having the leadership contest for which it has long yearned. Inspired by John Scalzi's posts on the ...

Theresa May, who brought us the hostile environment , the " citizens of nowhere " speech, and the Windrush deportations , has stru...