Image shows one of many Count Binface appreciation groups on Facebook. By Charlotte Ndupuechi. British politics has always had its fair share of colourful characters, but the Clacton by-election feels like something lifted straight from an episode of Black Mirror. Facebook groups have sprung up in support of Count...
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Reader’s letter: Shoplift ’til you drop?
Words by Martin Brisland. Image by Gerd Altmann. Recently, I have witnessed incidents of shameless shoplifting in a local convenience store – young men loading up bags and just walking out. The staff told me they are known repeat offenders and they are advised not to challenge them for...
Opinion: The Machine Stops
By Martin Brisland. The social and political discourse in the UK has become so very toxic. How did this happen? Things certainly got worse during the Brexit referendum in 2016. It quickly turned into two sides with entrenched views unable to reasonably debate the issues. People only listening to those...
Reader’s letter: Why I feel uncomfortable about the flag campaign
Name supplied. It’s only a flag, right? What harm can it do? Well, for those of us who remember the lessons of history, this is a worrying time. Driving around Southampton, you can see the campaign to fly the St George’s Cross is going strong. Flags have been fastened...
Reader’s letter: Southampton rebranding “feels like a slap in the face to every creative in the city”
By Mark James (Allerton), director of Southampton’s Inkjet Media, local dj and owner of Overdraft Records Store, in response to: “Southampton council criticised for handing city rebrand to London firm” Eighty grand gone! This, honestly, feels like a slap in the face to every creative trying to make a...