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Sep 15

Naming the Date

When should Rishi Sunak be looking to call a general election? This government has done many bad things but one of its many misguided actions was to repeal the Fixed Term Parliament Act. It is unconscionable in the 21st century that a government, which already has all the advantages of…

General Election

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Naming the Date
Naming the Date
General Election

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Aug 20

The disintegration of the middle class

This week I was talking to a friend about my godson’s business as a private mixologist. …

Middle Class

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The disintegration of the middle class
The disintegration of the middle class
Middle Class

6 min read


Aug 6

Telling Stories

The EU and the western Balkans History is in large part about the stories we choose to tell ourselves. In Britain, we remember the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo as the start of the unravelling of the twentieth century. That is one story. In Sarajevo itself, they tell a different story. To many…

Western Balkans

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Telling Stories
Telling Stories
Western Balkans

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Jul 15

Strong message here

Churchill is famous for his drinking. But he had strong views on food too. On being confronted with inadequate afters, he demanded: “Take this pudding away — it has no theme.” …

Conservative Party

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Strong message here
Strong message here
Conservative Party

6 min read


Jul 6

Apart from all the others?

Democracy decays What is so special about democracy as a system? Unless you subscribe literally to the classical idea that vox populi vox dei, there’s nothing mystical about getting the general public to decide who governs Britain. A system of government needs to justify itself on grounds of efficacy and…

Democracy

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Apart from all the others?
Apart from all the others?
Democracy

8 min read


Jun 12

Long runs the fox

Why Boris Johnson’s fate should not have been remotely surprising I suppose this is what they call a teachable moment. Over the last year or so the commentariat has been consistently lagging behind, failing to see Boris Johnson’s inevitable comeuppance come up. The consensus was first that the Privileges Committee…

Boris Johnson

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Long runs the fox
Long runs the fox
Boris Johnson

8 min read


Jun 1

Old whines

Britain isn’t working. The rivers are full of shit, the NHS is falling apart at the seams and the trains seem barely to run, never mind on time. The government claims it is being undermined by a woke blob. The very structure of administration is found wanting. So there’s an…

Nationalisation

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Old whines
Old whines
Nationalisation

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May 26

The adults in the room

This week, in a characteristically elegantly written and argued piece, Janan Ganesh set out the case in the FT that while the public may be concluding that Brexit was a mistake, the time was unripe for politicians to say so and would not be ripe for some years to come…

Brexit

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The adults in the room
The adults in the room
Brexit

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May 13

Nearly sorry for them

If they weren’t so unpleasant, I’d feel sorry for them. The Tories evidently haven’t got a clue what’s coming for them next. The evidence of what’s coming is there for anyone with eyes to see it. The long run of dire polls: since 1 March, they have topped 30% just…

Conservative Party

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Nearly sorry for them
Nearly sorry for them
Conservative Party

6 min read


Feb 7

Operation Castrate Big Dog

How Rishi Sunak is dealing with Boris Johnson I’m going to make what you might consider to be a rash assumption. I’m going to assume that Rishi Sunak can read. …

Boris Johnson

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Operation Castrate Big Dog
Operation Castrate Big Dog
Boris Johnson

6 min read

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