
The phrase "useless eaters" has a dark history, deeply rooted in eugenics and Nazi ideology. Still, it has resurfaced in recent years as a key talking point in anti-elitist and depopulation conspiracy theories. From 2020 onward, the term has been weaponised by fringe groups to accuse influential figures...

I was perusing the major UK newspapers this morning, full of gloom, doom and political sleaze as usual, and my mind drifted to the line from William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2, that says: "Let's kill all the lawyers." Many commentators interpret this line as criticism of how lawyers maintain the "privilege" of the "wealthy and powerful"...