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Why on Earth are you blogging Sam?

A very good question.

The desire to speak and to be heard is vital for human sanity. But despite my wishes otherwise, most people in social situations are not willing to sit tight and listen to me wax lyrical about veganism or the Labour party.

In comes the blog. My own personal void in which I can deposit my mumbles and murmurations.

If you are reading this and you’re not Sam Thornton then welcome. Hopefully you will find this blog interesting and potentially even insightful (at times). I only ask you don’t judge my technological illiteracy and blogging inadequacies. Judge me on my writing – not my website design.


What Now for the Democrats?

Defending office is an entirely different proposition to challenging for it. In 2020, it was sufficient for the Democrats to simply be the ‘Not Trump Party’. A positive policy vision was not required, and the party was able to paper over internal divisions for the cause of fighting The Donald. In four years’ time however,…

The Tory Party Has Lost its Way

I’m very much looking forward to the day we make contact with aliens. Once we get all of the boring stuff out of the way like ‘where have you come from’ and ‘what is the meaning of life’, we can finally ask the important question: What do you make of The Conservative Party?

Finance is our Secret Weapon against Climate Change

“It’s only the miracle of consumer capitalism that means you’re not lying in your own shit, dying at 43 with rotten teeth, and a little pill with a chicken on it is not going to change that. Now come on, fuck off” Mark Corrigan Mr Corrigan has a point. The invisible hand, despite its many detractors, has…

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