The Great War lives in a dark corner of our national psyche. It’s part of our founding myth – in the British book of Genesis, the Great War is Britain’s original sin. Millions of...
There is a section in Matthew McManus’ recent piece on Edmund Burke for Jacobin where he brings up the obscure, transcendental aspect of Burke’s political philosophy, he sees this as a negative feature of...
Politicians’ behaviour often corroborates the Hegelian maxim that “the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history”. How else shall we explain NATO’s announcement of the planned 400% increase...
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the...
Celebrities, media personalities and politicians (including most notably former President Trump) have spent the last few days paying tribute to Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio show host, who died on 17 February at age...
By now it’s become a trite observation to say that Social Democracy is in crisis across the West – but it is. The voters which Social Democratic parties were founded to represent, white and...
On a night of violence and disorder that spread from Puerta del Sol, Edward reports from Madrid. Violence erupted across Madrid last night as what started as a protest against the imprisonment of Pablo...
Contemporary popular culture is a confusing thing, at least to me. In the 21st century, we adults are oversaturated with sex, violence, explicit drug use, and typically anti-social behaviour in almost all forms of...
Festival UK 2022 rightly aims to cultivate civic pride and kick start economic recovery. Unfortunately, the endeavour reveals big-government tendencies that will not benefit taxpayers and ordinary businesses. A revitalised, ‘new Jerusalem’ of a...
In fair jurisprudence, the accused is judged by a jury of their peers, who are selected by lot. In Sadiq Khan’s London, the jury – who are set to target monuments, murals, street names,...
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