Posts by Philip Patrick
Friday, 22 February 2019
Jussie Smollet, fake hate, and the journalism of assertion
I have an idea for a film: there’s a young black actor in a hit TV show who hears a..
By Philip Patrick
Monday, 4 February 2019
Why the British really voted for Brexit - they rumbled the EU
‘Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers’, said the great Voltaire. I first came across this quote..
By Philip Patrick
Thursday, 24 January 2019
Why a great country like Japan gets such boring Prime Ministers
They used to say Italy was the most democratic country in the world – everyone got to be Prime Minister...
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 21 December 2018
How about a Brexit Truce for the holiday season?
Amid all the sturm und drang in Westminster recently there was an exquisite moment of light relief that, at least..
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 14 December 2018
Television: Why is politically correct British TV drama so terrible?
In my favourite episode of the BBC comedy series I’m Alan Partridge the lead character finding himself alone in his..
By Philip Patrick
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Stephen Fry's unfunny Brexit film convinced me I was right to vote to leave
Remember when Stephen Fry was funny? I can, though it’s getting harder with every passing year. In the late 1980s..
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 30 November 2018
I’m a Japanese emperor get me out of here!
Seismic is not a word to be used carelessly about events in Japan, but you would think the abdication of..
By Philip Patrick
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
The Japanese have more affection for the EU than we would like to think
You would think that the Brexit phenomenon would resonate in Japan. Our two countries and peoples have so much in..
By Philip Patrick