• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Useful Ideas Project

A website about examining the stories we're supposed to believe

Brexit

The Brexit bait and switch: Why did politicians encourage people to vote Leave?

January 9, 2022 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

David Frost, Baron Frost

Brexit had a Rorschach-test quality to it. Voting Leave could be the solution to any and every problem, according to many voters. Voters were encouraged to believe this by politicians and lobbyists, many of whom were being dishonest, according to political experts. Five years since the referendum, in his resignation letter, former Brexit minister Lord Frost has put into … [Read more...] about The Brexit bait and switch: Why did politicians encourage people to vote Leave?

Social media’s role in the rise of populist politics

December 14, 2021 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Jaron Lanier explains to David Baddiel why social media has led to a rise in populist politics. In the BBC documentary "David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us", the English comedian, presenter and author explores the impact of social media on our lives. In the documentary, American computer scientist Jaron Lanier explains to Baddiel how social media is changing … [Read more...] about Social media’s role in the rise of populist politics

Daniel Hannan. Who is he? Who funds him and what do they want?

December 22, 2020 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Danial Hannan

If you don't examine what Daniel Hannan says too closely, he can appear quite articulate and reasonable. Delve deeper, and his libertarian outlook could be classed as very odd. Many of his views, such as abolishing the NHS and removing food safety laws align closely with the demands of non-UK billionaires, such as the Kochs. It's been announced today that Daniel Hannan is … [Read more...] about Daniel Hannan. Who is he? Who funds him and what do they want?

Brexit and carelessness

December 10, 2020 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Johnson and Gove

Michael Gove has been careless with the truth again. It's worth noting that this is not surprising. On the BBC Today radio programme (9 December 2020), Michael "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster" Gove was interviewed.He's a senior politician, a leading Brexit-ist and surely aware that the UK is in the final stages of negotiations with the EU that will alter millions of … [Read more...] about Brexit and carelessness

Brexit explained in three tweets

September 16, 2018 By Useful Ideas Project Leave a Comment

Spitfire plane crashes on take off during airshow in North of France

Three recent tweets encapsulate the misinformation, corruption and mess of Brexit Britain. They're a window into a peculiar time. The UK government's Department for International Trade (DIT) "helps businesses export, drives inward and outward investment, negotiates market access and trade deals, and champions free trade". This department is especially important during … [Read more...] about Brexit explained in three tweets

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe for more useful ideas

Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new ideas by email.

Follow on social media

MASTODON

TWITTER

Pages

  • About
  • All posts
  • Contact
  • Home
  • List of useful ideas

Search this website

Recent Posts

  • False equivalence; one of the true reasons why Musk bought Twitter
  • The ‘it’s incompetence, not a conspiracy’ argument
  • The conditions that were needed for an alternative political story to reach voters
  • Why the ‘media is left-wing’ is one of the Conservatives’ most important lies
  • Fundamental attribution error in political media

Footer

Categories

  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Features
  • Film
  • Health
  • History
  • Politics
  • Technology
  • UIP
  • Uncategorized
  • Visual arts
  • Watch

Tags

a brief history of neoliberalism Adam Curtis Adam Curtis consumerism Advertising Ann Pettifor Audio BBC BBC Radio 4 BBC The Men Who Made Us Spend Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell consumerism Boris Johnson Brexit Capitalism Capitalist Realism Carillion Chamath Palihapitiya Charles F. Kettering Charles F. Kettering industrialist competition Conservatism Consumerism Corbyn corbyn media reception corruption Danial Hannan Danny Dorling Disinformation Donald Trump Edward Bernays consumerism Electric vehicles in the UK EU facebook Fascism Frances Ha history Home inequality Koch brothers media Monarchy nationalism neoliberal economics neoliberalism Russell Brand

Follow us on Twitter

The Useful Ideas Project on Twitter

Copyright © 2023 Useful Ideas Project