The regular column of Jake Scott, Editor and Doctoral Researcher.
If there is a deeper question underlying the political issues of today, it is the fundamental question of free speech, and the polarisation between “free-speech fundamentalism” and “PC culture”. This polarisation seems to have...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted recently that we are “past the peak” – but we are not out of the woods yet. Given this, the question is inevitably turning to the next major challenge,...
“What is the cost of lies?” So opines Valery Legasov in the opening (and closing) moment’s of HBO’s recent series Chernboyl. Throughout that show, we are made to see exactly what that cost is on...
The only poll that matters is the election, sure. But no one would fail to notice the recent Kantar poll, that puts the Conservatives on 50%, and Labour (just) below 30%. Westminster voting intention:...
In case you hadn’t heard, the Church of England has stated that sex is for married, heterosexual couples. It declared this in 1534, when it separated from Rome – of course, you would be...
The two World Wars have, in ways beyond counting, defined our modern mindset; but while the Second World War is often a point of pride, where ‘Britain stood alone in defiance of evil’, the...
On Sunday the 12th of January, at roughly six o’clock, the family of Sir Roger Scruton, the last great English conservative, shared the sad news that he had passed away. The press statement can...
Jeremy Corbyn (who, despite having now led the Labour Party into two successive General Election defeats, seems to still consider himself a Prime Minister-in-waiting) has recently branded Labour the “Resistance” to Boris Johnson. Curiously...
Well, there we have it. Despite the closing polls, the strategic voting, and the sheer dishonesty of the Conservatives, Boris Johnson secured the largest Conservative parliamentary majority since 1987. The pundits acted as if...
As the Conservative Party gears up to release its manifesto today (Sunday, 24th November), and Simple Politics released a (rather simple) delineation of the principles of conservatism (see below), I thought it prudent to share...
