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On the nature of nationhood

With the recent celebrations of the Queen’s failure to die in a timely manner, and the lavish parades and parties thrown at massive cost to the public purse, all in…

William the Conqueror

Halle-fucking-lujah. The union is saved. Scottish nationalism has been struck dead in a single blow, never to rear it’s ugly head again.

Keir Starmer is no Thomas Hobbes, but he doesn’t need to be

When Starmer was first elected leader of the Labour Party, the libertarian commentariat rejoiced: finally, an exacting, methodological needle to prick Johnson’s pomposity. His early PMQs had a laser-like focus…

A year on, ‘Starmerism’ appears to be fizzling out

When Keir Starmer became leader of the Labour Party last year, many Labour members and voters were cautiously optimistic. With good experience in government, and a background in Labour’s soft…

A brutal bashing for the Barons

In recent weeks, a story made news headlines claiming that British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has unveiled new plans to move the House of Lords to the Northern city of…

The crumbling of the Labour red wall

The ‘Red Wall’ sounds like something out of a fairy tale, right up there with the yellow brick road. While it held for decades, its recent collapse means it now…

Brexit will liberate the wrong people, and the wrong ideas

Brexit is often characterised as a glorious liberation from an oppressive EU which stifles the UK’s potential.  However, we can expect Brexit’s liberatory potential to disproportionately benefit the forces of…