The Truth, Not Myth

  Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Tea and Rain (that’s Britain), there lived a loud man named Nigel Farage. He always wore the same boring suit, waved his Union Jack like he was leading a parade of sausages, and shouted on the telly like someone had just stepped on his foot. He kept yelling: “Britain isn’t fun anymore! Let’s go back to when everything was black and white and people ate jelly with meat!” Nigel didn’t like the European Union, a big club of countries that shared snacks and ideas. When Britain left, Nigel danced like a dad at a wedding, arms flapping, tie flying, yelling, “I TOLD YOU SO!” Nigel’s Club Collection Nigel is like someone who keeps getting bored of his own birthday party and making new ones. UKIP – His first team. They had big signs that said “Leave the EU!” and “Too many people are coming!” Some posters looked like the villain posters from a fairy tale. People went, “Um… that’s rude.” The Brexit Party – The sequel! He made it because Brexit was taking...

To those who govern, your privilege is not armour; it is a sacred duty to serve. To those who feel unheard, your frustration is valid, but anger alone cannot rebuild what has been broken. We stand at a crossroads. Division offers only the illusion of strength, while unity, though more difficult, holds the promise of renewal. The leader we need is neither a saviour nor a demagogue, but a servant. One who walks the streets of forgotten towns and says,  Show me where it hurts. They speak hard truths with compassion.  The system has failed you, but rage without direction is just another chain.  They look beyond the noise of culture wars and distractions to face what truly ails us: empty pockets, overstretched hospitals, and schools where potential sits in silence, waiting to be seen. They understand that patriotism means paying nurses properly before waving flags. They know real strength lies not in crushing dissent but in lifting others, even rivals. This is the leader who r...

  “The colonised is forgotten except as a silhouette on the landscape of the coloniser’s narrative.”  ~ Frantz Fanon When Russian troops crossed into Ukraine in February 2022, the West responded with clarity and speed. Daily headlines carried images of bombed-out cities and desperate civilians. Zelensky became a household name. #StandWithUkraine flooded social media. Billions in military and humanitarian aid were mobilised almost overnight. Now compare that to Gaza. Nearly eighteen months into Israel’s assault, more than 50,000 Palestinians are dead; 70% women and children, 90% of the population is displaced, and the UN’s highest court has warned that Israel’s actions may amount to genocide. The Western response? Hesitant. Measured. In many cases, actively complicit. This difference is not just a matter of foreign policy - it’s a mirror held up to the values we claim to hold. Walter Benjamin called it “the aestheticisation of politics”: a process where power determines not jus...

  Austerity, slashing public spending, gutting welfare, deregulating markets—is not an economic necessity but a political weapon. It deepens inequality, destabilises societies, and cements elite power. Noam Chomsky, Mark Blyth, Thomas Piketty, and Joseph Stiglitz argue that austerity is a choice designed to serve the wealthiest. The absence of a global tax system—one that curbs offshore evasion and ensures the rich pay their fair share, reveals the priorities of neoliberal governance: capital over democracy, privilege over justice. Austerity is a myth sold as fiscal responsibility. Mark Blyth’s  Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea  dismantles this fiction, proving that it shrinks economies, fuels unemployment, and worsens debt, all while funnelling wealth upwards. Joseph Stiglitz calls post-2008 austerity a self-inflicted wound, arguing that cutting spending in a recession only deepens the crisis. The only beneficiaries are those seeking to dismantle the state. Dav...

  While avoiding direct labelling, we can analyse elements of Trump’s and Farage’s political rhetoric and strategies that resemble tactics historically associated with fascist movements. Using academic frameworks such as Umberto Eco’s  Ur-Fascism , Robert Paxton’s  Anatomy of Fascism , and Roger Griffin’s concept of palingenetic ultranationalism, we can identify authoritarian, nationalist, and anti-democratic tendencies. These elements do not equate to full-fledged fascism but reflect a selective adoption of its methods. Both leaders promote a form of mythic nationalism, evoking an idealised past -Trump’s  “Make America Great Again”  and Farage’s vision of pre-EU Britain-as a means of framing politics as cultural and ethnic restoration. This aligns with Griffin’s theory of palingenesis, in which national rebirth is central to fascist ideology, portraying decline as reversible through authoritarian leadership. Scapegoating plays a central role, with marginalised ...