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'...

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...

Reading the news seemed a harmless habit, even virtuous; but that was before the world went wrong. I miss the old days, when we could be c...

What endgame will there be for Trump? This is not a fairy tale. The knight does not slay the dragon. Everyone does not live happily ev...

It's taken me a while to write this, because it's hard even to think about. It strikes close to home. I am referring to President Tr...

The Trump administration has reached new depths of obscenity over the last couple of weeks. It's going to take me more than one post to ...

Yesterday I voted in my first ever Canadian election. I was under voting age when I left, and by the time I was an adult I'd been away f...

At the reliably excellent Gin and Tacos , Ed reflects on the Senate election held this week in Alabama. He says of the Republican party: ...

Basic internet security isn't that hard, but people who should know better still contrive to foul it up. Image: Blue Devil Hub / Cr...

This week I've been preparing my usual Thanksgiving turkey feast, and being thankful that I'm getting out of the UK. It gives me n...

Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it --- REM, "Leave" I'm leaving the UK in April ...

Trump could destroy us all. This statement deserves further consideration. It's become a commonplace thing to say. It's the new ...

The moral degradation of US politics goes back long before Trump arrived on the scene. This was reiterated by the blogger known as Mike the...

I thought I was numb to hearing about acts of cruelty by the UK immigration authorites. I was wrong. Two cases this week gave me a sick, h...

The British government has pledged that if any petition on its official website receives more than 100,000 signatures, it will merit a forma...

Britain would be a lot more fun at parties if, after her third drink, she didn't start mumbling about how awesome the Empire was. Not f...

Short blog entry this week, on account of jet lag. Back to normal next week. Meanwhile, my son has been deputised as a junior officer of t...