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Here’s a collection of old articles I’ve written in case I’m struck by lightening, so that my words can cheat the Reaper. — AB
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Galloway is poison. But we have all betrayed the memory of Jo Cox
War on Drivel - 30/06/2021
Stop treating the Israel-Palestine conflict like a football match
War on Drivel - 26/05/2021
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224412/http://warondrivel.com/israel-palestine-football-match
St Vincent’s new album ‘Daddy’s Home’ delivers modern pathos in vintage clothes
War on Drivel - 20/05/2021
Only the Corbynites can save Labour from electoral oblivion now
War on Drivel - 10/05/21
Boris Johnson’s tantrum is no surprise- he’s a bully even when he’s joking
War on Drivel - 30/4/2021
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224728/http://warondrivel.com/boris-johnson-tantrum-bully-joking
Labour & Tory Political Ill-health Left Us At COVID’s Mercy
Lit - 20/11/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224703/http://warondrivel.com/labour-tory-political-ill-health-left-us-at-covids-mercy
Ergo ho hum: Billie Eilish’s new single is her least inventive. Where does she go next?
Medium - 13/11/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224947/http://warondrivel.com/billie-eilish-ergo-ho-hum
Trump’s Bizarre Convention Is The Natural End-Point Of Tory Culture Wars
Lit - 31/8/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224734/http://warondrivel.com/trumps-bizarre-convention-is-the-natural-end-point-of-tory-culture-wars
Conspiracy Corbyn Is Still Wasting Labour’s Time. When Will Starmer Act?
Lit - 20/08/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224940/http://warondrivel.com/conspiracy-corbyn-is-still-wasting-labours-time-when-will-starmer-act
Russia Report And BBC Panorama Apology Expose Our Fantasy Politics
Lit - 23/07/2020
Hackocracy: Boris Johnson’s insulting slogans are straight outta Fleet Street
Medium - 9/7/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224921/http://warondrivel.com/hackocracy-boris-johnsons-slogans-fleet-streetght-outta-fleet-street
5G Conspiracy Theories Are The Tip Of The Ickeberg
Lit - 08/05/2020
Boris Johnson Versus Keir Starmer On COVID-19
Lit - 24/05/2020
Medium - 14/04/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224121/http://warondrivel.com/larkin-on-lockdown
Medium - 14/04/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201223934/http://warondrivel.com/dont-make-cult-nhs
Lit - 23/04/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201223941/http://warondrivel.com/keir-starmer-takes-the-reins
The aisles of March: What the toilet paper panic tells us about Coronavirus
Medium - 17/03/2020
Labour hustings: Corbyn was a disaster. Why won’t candidates say so?
Medium - 20/01/20
Iranian protesters opt for ‘escalation’ — Why won’t the Left support them?
Medium - 15/01/2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201224127/http://warondrivel.com/iranian-protesters-left-support
Spare us the Christmas piety: Syrians are being killed and no-one cares
Medium - 27/12/2019
Corbyn falls to earth: Epitaph on a crackpot
Medium - 17/12/19
Populists can promise the world when zealots have their backs
Medium - 25/11/19
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201222913/http://warondrivel.com/populists-promise-world-zealots
Johnson or Corbyn? What an insult! Don’t be bullied into ratifying this farce
Medium - 7/11/19
Johnson and Corbyn’s media courtiers dress up in rebel clothes
Medium - 21/10/19
Panorama proved Labour’s anti-Semitism isn’t just bad for Jews
Medium - 16/07/19
Thrilling Eve — Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dazzling wit saves Killing Eve from its ridiculous plot
Medium - 8/07/19
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201223039/http://warondrivel.com/killing-eve-review
Nigel Farage’s claims of BBC bias are part of his act – journalists shouldn’t play along
Politics.co.uk - 17/05/19
Why is media-basher Jeremy Corbyn speaking on a panel defending journalists like Lyra McKee?
Quilliam Journal - 3/05/19
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201223014/http://warondrivel.com/media-basher-jeremy-corbyn
Is Bernie Sanders White? Who Cares?
War on Drivel - 2/05/19
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201223315/http://warondrivel.com/bernie-sanders-white-who-cares
A Private War? (Marie Colvin biopic review)
Progress - 11/04/19
https://web.archive.org/web/20190509054241/http://progressonline.org.uk/2019/04/11/a-private-war/
Berger and Venezuela rows show something is fundamentally broken in the Labour party
Politics.co.uk - 12/02/19
Keep on schlepping in the free world – James Bloodworth’s prole odyssey
War on Drivel - 26/10/18
Crown Prints: Saudi Arabia’s problem is monarchy, not one thuggish prince
War on Drivel - 25/10/18
The Canary is not journalism - it’s a government mouthpiece-in-waiting
Politics.co.uk - 5/10/18
Corbynism is the opium of the credulous
War on Drivel - 27/09/18
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201222349/http://warondrivel.com/corbynism-opium-credulous
George Grosz’s internal commissar – review of Aftermath at Tate Britain
War on Drivel - 21/09/18
Chemical Brothers: Salisbury and Idlib are part of the same global war
War on Drivel - 17/09/18
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201223347/http://warondrivel.com/chemical-brothers-salisbury-idlib
Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism are a package deal – take it or leave it
War on Drivel - 2/08/18
Firing Line reboot lacks Buckley’s quiet electricity
War on Drivel - 20/07/18
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201222554/http://warondrivel.com/firing-line-reboot-buckley
War on Drivel website mission statement
War on Drivel - 7/05/18
https://web.archive.org/web/20250201215358/http://warondrivel.com/war-on-drivel-declaration-of-war
Soros conspiracies are the natural end point of the UK’s new paranoia
Politics.co.uk - 14/02/18
Pseudo-politics - review of ‘The Populist Persuasion’ by Michael Kazin
Progress - 29/11/17
https://archive.progressonline.org.uk/2017/11/29/107967/
Russia Today is a tyranny sampler
Politics.co.uk - 20/11/17
Otto Dix and the Robot Soldiers
Open Democracy - 11/11/17
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/otto-dix-and-robot-soldiers/
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20251031213829/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/otto-dix-and-robot-soldiers/
Angela’s Fascists - review of ‘Kill All Normies’ by Angela Nagle
Medium - 18/10/17
Outrage over Chris Rock’s BBC interview shows poverty of cultural criticism
Politics.co.uk - 13/10/17
Empathy for the Devil - Review of ‘The Rage’ by Julia Ebner
Progress - 5/10/17
https://archive.progressonline.org.uk/2017/10/05/the-rage/
Only winner of Britain’s election will be populism
Politico.eu - 22/05/17 (and print edition)
https://www.politico.eu/article/only-winner-of-british-general-election-2017-is-populism-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn/
James Baldwin, revolutionary humanist
Little Atoms - 5/04/17
Life in TV Times - In Praise of Clive James
Little Atoms - 20/01/17
https://web.archive.org/web/20240810143705/https://littleatoms.com/clive-james-tv-times
Sending aid to Aleppo is the very least we can do after our appalling inaction in Syria
Inews - 13/12/16
How the Democrats left the door wide open for Donald Trump - interview with author Thomas Frank
Open Democracy - 27/07/16
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dnc-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-thomas-frank/
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20251031211949/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dnc-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-thomas-frank/
Jo Cox on Syria, refugees and the EU referendum - interview February 2016 published June 2016
Little Atoms - 21/06/16
Salafi-Jihadism in theory and practice
Progress - 9/06/16
https://archive.progressonline.org.uk/2016/06/09/salafi-jihadism-the-history-of-an-idea/
How Bernie Sanders uses rhetoric to make Americans support left-wing ideas
New Statesman - 17/05/16
Goodbye New Deal, hello Wall Street
Prospect - 15/03/16
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/48601/goodbye-new-deal-hello-wall-street
Dissent - 25/02/15
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/turkey-erdogan-putin-rojava-kurdish-democracy/