Monthly Archives: January 2012

Off-Colour Remarks

Last fortnight yielded something of a surprise: black MP Diane Abbott being dragged across the airwaves for a racial faux pas. Given the recent emphasis on white wrongdoings (Emma West, the Stephen Lawrence trial), plus the downplay of violence perpetrated … Continue reading

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“Imagine All the Sheeple…”

The new year heralded a new commotion, what with assorted atheists and Lennoites castigating crooner Cee Lo Green for his end-of-year take on Lennon’s ‘Imagine’. Cee Lo’s crime? Changing Johnny-boy’s “…and no religion, too” lyric to “…and all religion’s true”: … Continue reading

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