John Oliver: who’s more corrupt, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? (video)


John Oliver gives a 20 minute forensic examination of Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s scandals that have dominated headlines during the 2016 election. For him, one of them is “quantifiably worse.” “The point is, this campaign has been dominated by scandals, … Continue reading

Trump watch 8: Skittles, body doubles and debate low bars (Bee, Noah, Colbert and Maher) (video)


Here it is, just ahead of tonight’s first Presidential debate, your weekly selection of racism, misogyny, and homophobia from Donald Trump, his campaign and his supporters – plus this week’s Real Time with Bill Maher panel on profiling Muslims, police … Continue reading

Trump watch 7: an unhealthy dose of the deplorables (Maher, Colbert, Bee and Noah) (video)


Has there ever been a presidential campaign so awash with lies and bigotry? No one seems to know or care – certainly not the supine media that appears to lap-up Trump’s misogyny, racism and utter bulls*t every single day with … Continue reading

The Battle for Labour: Is the Party Over? (video)


Last night saw an unusual broadcast media double from the BBC’s Panorama and Channel 4’s Dispatches teams – two documentaries, both predicting the death of the Labour party, on the same night and almost the same time. Here are both … Continue reading

Trump watch 6: “I have a secret plan for ISIS, believe me” (video)


I’m still playing catch-up with everything in the world of Trump and Democalypse 2016 plus I am going back to school today – talk about making a rod for my own back… Here is last week’s Trump watch collection and, … Continue reading

Trump watch 4 and 5: What Donald did on my holidays (video)


Taking time off while the Trump campaign is in full-swing means catching-up is a massively time-consuming exercise, but always an amusing one. From Rudy Giuliani in drag to Trump asking minority voters who he has racially abused to vote for him because … Continue reading