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Jan 15, 2021

It’s time to turn off the American show

A British political and media class that spent four years bitterly divided over its relationship with Europe finally is showing signs of moving on — leaving behind Brexit for an infatuation with American politics. British newspaper columnists, paid to write about current affairs with some insight, opine solemnly on events…

British Politics

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It’s time to turn off the American show
It’s time to turn off the American show
British Politics

9 min read


Jun 10, 2020

No, it is not racist to oppose BLM

There is a lot of angry noise right now but also a noticeable, disturbing, silence. The noise is coming, of course, from Black Lives Matter activists and their supporters and enablers. The silence is coming from people who are normally happy to share their views but who are keeping their…

BlackLivesMatter

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No, it is not racist to oppose BLM
No, it is not racist to oppose BLM
BlackLivesMatter

4 min read


Jun 7, 2020

The Price of Drive-through Activism

As Black Lives Matter becomes the latest American franchise to establish a presence in the UK, it is worth asking the question, what is the product they are selling us? Similar to the recently re-opened American fast food chains, this drive-through activism, unfamiliar to the ways of Britain and its…

British Politics

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The Price of Drive-through Activism
The Price of Drive-through Activism
British Politics

9 min read


May 29, 2020

The trouble with the media

The ‘Maitlis Monologue’ has left the BBC exposed and raised questions about objectivity but the broader problem is a lack of political plurality in the broadcast media. “Dominic Cummings broke the rules — the country can see that and it’s shocked the government cannot,” declared Emily Maitlis in her BBC…

British Politics

6 min read

The trouble with the media
The trouble with the media
British Politics

6 min read


May 27, 2020

Who Governs?

Boris Johnson should not give into the opposition/media alliance that is hounding Dominic Cummings. After day four of the persecution of Dominic Cummings, there is some puzzlement in most media and political circles as to how Boris Johnson’s chief advisor remains in his job. The affair has been, after all…

Politics

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Who Governs?
Who Governs?
Politics

9 min read


Dec 14, 2019

This isn’t 1983 — why this ‘grotesque chaos’ is even worse

When the bell tolled, at 10.05 pm on Thursday night and the BBC announced the results of their astonishingly accurate exit poll, the emotions of some of us who had feared a Corbyn victory, went through a head-spinning, rapid progression. For me, firstly there was bewilderment at the scale of…

Politics

7 min read

This isn’t 1983 — why this ‘grotesque chaos’ is even worse
This isn’t 1983 — why this ‘grotesque chaos’ is even worse
Politics

7 min read


Dec 11, 2019

The British election and the normalisation of the extreme left

Something has happened in this miserable general election campaign that few but the most pessimistic believed could ever occur in this country. A party riddled with antisemitism and led by a man who has never ceased to ally with anti-Semites, including the most violent and murderous version, is set to…

Politics

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The British election and the normalisation of the extreme left
The British election and the normalisation of the extreme left
Politics

6 min read

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