by Andrea Lewis | Jun 4, 2025 | Public shit show
We need to stop pretending. Fixing our inherently unequal education system is never going to be done. But narrowing opportunities and killing creativity in state schools is not helping solve the unbalanced equation given to children. Despite claims from the Tories...
by Andrea Lewis | Jun 2, 2025 | Culture and Chaos
Ignorantia Legis Neminem Excusat. A foundational principle of law. For normal people who are yet to have their Elle Woods moment, or casually take up Latin, this legal phrase means ignorance of the law excuses no one. Ironic. Because if the law is meant to uphold...
by Andrea Lewis | Jun 2, 2025 | UK News
In a rare moment of clarity on defence spending by the UK government, Keir Starmer has announced a huge expansion. Avoidable deaths are happening under his nose, both at home and across the world. Feeding the war machine, this spending is out of control and out of...
by Andrea Lewis | May 30, 2025 | Home Page Top Story, quiz
Welcome to the latest edition of Riot and Recap. It’s been another week of joy here in batsh*t bonkers Britain, so why not relive it all and test your knowledge? Grab a brew (with tap water, while you still can) and wade through the chaos - and sewage - with us....
by Andrea Lewis | May 29, 2025 | Public shit show
Everyone should have a warm, safe place to call home – but heating a Surrey Hills mansion isn’t cheap. The drawing room alone takes an age to warm. Then there’s the Aga. And the sauna. So snatching £200-300 from the trembling hands of pensioners might be a bit...