The long term pattern still holds: life gets better. And 2009 could have been a lot worse. Though 2010 . .. .
Posts Tagged ‘Miserabilism’
13 Dec
Janice Turner: more evidence for the miserabilists?
Janice Turner’s memory of teen pregnancy rates in her childhood clashes with statistics.But there is no denying the difficulty some places have coping with the loss of manufacturing/reliable work for the untutored bloke.
1 Dec
An overdose of Conservatism
Freethinking Economist finds himself listening to statist conservative miserabilism and their opprtunistic financial reform plans. He thanks God for the pungent scepticism of Anthony Hilton
29 Nov
Bad History – an addiction for the miserabilists
A new column called Bad History debunks some of the classic miserabilism that fuels the illiberal Tory right.
26 Nov
The Launch of ResPublica
ResPublica have EVERYTHING to prove, particularly after a launch event more suited to a major Hollywood movie than a think tank that has not really done anything yet
9 Nov
Clarkson, Dalrymple, the patriotic urge to leave the country
Do you know what the most popular post on this blog is? I mean, easily the most popular? It is “Reflections on whether life is now sh1t“, a post inspired by (several posts before) musings by Theodore Dalrymple at the Conservative Party conference on the subject of poverty. I was not so much reflecting on [...]
28 Oct
Good stuff for the 28th October
Alastair Campbell increases the pressure on Osborne. Simon Jenkins makes more economic errors in one column than I thought possible.
12 Oct
New Poll: is the world sh1t?
My first poll: do you think the world is worse than it was 25 years ago. It’s a quiet day.
11 Oct
Reflections on whether life is now sh1t
More reflections on miserabilism and its irreducible elements.
9 Oct
Quick one: so, is the United Kingdom now sh1t?
A really obvious question: is life in the UK now utterly sh1t?
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