Britain is a wonderful country where some wonderfully strange observations can be made. However, nobody will teach you any of these things when you move to the UK; it is up to […]
Living in the UK: Things they don’t teach you – Part 2
“It’s First Past The Post wot done it”
The British electoral system is rather useless, but if you believe its proponents this system is keeping a second Hitler from seizing power (yes, really). But as it often happens when it […]
The Prophecy about One Fat Englishman
Let’s face it. Some books are just profoundly shit. Many people have the common sense to stop reading books they have identified as such and they will divert their attention to a […]
Living in the UK: things they don’t teach you – Part 1
Citizenship tests are useless. I tried to answer the questions of a Dutch citizenship test online once for a bit of a laugh. It turns out that I don’t know enough to […]
Guaranteed job security? Why not consider a career in British politics?
Job security is a rare commodity these days. An increasing number of people are lumbered with zero-hour contracts or are pressed into fake self-employment, and many ‘business-minded’ people would certainly love it if it […]
More flag, less substance
Klik hier om dit artikel in het Nederlands te lezen Want to make something better? Stick a flag on it! At least, that’s how many Britons appear to think about their national […]
The Dunglishman 