Keir Starmer is right about the NHS | Joshua Patchett
A couple of weeks ago Keir Starmer made headlines by claiming that too many people from overseas are recruited by the NHS. For this he was, of course, slandered as the second coming of...
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On British Consorts (Part II) | Sarah Stook
This is the first part of a series by Sarah Stook. Part I can be read here. Eleanor of Aquitaine ● Life: c.1122-1st April 1244 ● Reigned: 19th...
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So What? | Samuel Martin
At the start of last month, the first results of the 2021 UK Census were published. As many will recall, the results were simultaneously, although not quite paradoxically, shocking and expected. The information published...
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Time To Stop Being Conservatives | Daniel Evans
‘Conservative’, big and small ‘c’, is blah. Blah party, policies, politicians, polls, prospects, and that’s just the ‘p’ words. Let’s deal with ‘party’ first. Perhaps you’ve already stopped being a Conservative. There’s plenty of...
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In Conversation with: Curtis Yarvin, aka Mencius Moldbug
This is a transcript of the first 20 or so minutes of a 4 hour interview with Curtis Yarvin. The interview flies through topics from Pompey Magnus vs Obamacare, how oligarchy led to the...
Keir Starmer is right about the NHS | Joshua Patchett
A couple of weeks ago Keir Starmer made headlines by claiming that too many people from overseas are recruited by the NHS. For this he was, of course, slandered as the second coming of...
On British Consorts (Part II) | Sarah Stook
This is the first part of a series by Sarah Stook. Part I can be read here. Eleanor of Aquitaine ● Life: c.1122-1st April 1244 ● Reigned: 19th...
So What? | Samuel Martin
At the start of last month, the first results of the 2021 UK Census were published. As many will recall, the results were simultaneously, although not quite paradoxically, shocking and expected. The information published...
Time To Stop Being Conservatives | Daniel Evans
‘Conservative’, big and small ‘c’, is blah. Blah party, policies, politicians, polls, prospects, and that’s just the ‘p’ words. Let’s deal with ‘party’ first. Perhaps you’ve already stopped being a Conservative. There’s plenty of...
In Conversation with: Curtis Yarvin, aka Mencius Moldbug
This is a transcript of the first 20 or so minutes of a 4 hour interview with Curtis Yarvin. The interview flies through topics from Pompey Magnus vs Obamacare, how oligarchy led to the...
The Tories’ identity crisis: what do they stand for but themselves? | Daniel Hawker
Standing outside of Downing Street in 2010, David Cameron declared his intention to lead a government “that is built on some clear values”. Within that first speech, he spoke of providing strong and stable...
China’s Failing Cultural Mindset | Nathan Wilson
As a follow up to my first mini talk about Chinese Demographics and why this will result in China not becoming a major superpower, I thought I would write about a different key factor...
Musings on Dominic Cummings
I sometimes get confused whether I’m watching the Conservative Party implode or Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex; an all-too close relationship with the Mother of the Party Margaret Thatcher, a constant desire to defenestrate their leader...
‘The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times’, by Odd Arne Westad (Book Review) | Nathan Wilson
Since its inception, academic historians have produced countless books analysing every detail of the Cold War (CW). For most historians, the CW remains arguably the most important event that never happened, however Westad (2012)...
On British Consorts (Part I) | Sarah Stook
We’ve had many monarchs in English and British history. Nearly all of them have been married, some more than once. Here’s part one of my series on consorts: Matilda of Flanders ● ...
