Why I Finally Believe We Will Leave the EU | Jake Scott
I will hold my hands up and admit it – I was hoodwinked by May and “her team”. I genuinely believed the result of the European Union Referendum would be respected, and we would...
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Finally, a Return to Law and Order | Jake Scott
Two announcements in the last week or so have filled me with hope for the new government: the first, that Home Secretary Priti Patel wants criminals to feel ‘literal terror’ at the thought of...
It’s About Protecting Children: Defending the Government’s Porn Restrictions | Jake Scott
I’m not going to wax lyrical about the immoral practice of watching pornography, or the objectification involved in the persons who both watch and “perform” in it. That is a debate for moral and...
What is the Impact of Ideology on Civil Society? │ Jake Scott
Broadly speaking, ideologies are the prism through which we understand politics in the contemporary world. When we discuss politics, we often do so in the language of ideologies, talking of “capitalism” and “feminism” as...
How to deliver a conservative Brexit | Jake Scott
Theresa May’s lame-duck deal for us to exit the European Union has been (on multiple occasions at the time of writing) resoundingly defeated in the British parliament. And of course, questions followed on what...
Our politics isn’t just polarised – it’s facing an existential split │ Jake Scott
Polarisation is becoming something of a zeitgeist in British politics – it’s always been the case that two parties, representing opposing ideologies, have dominated our elections, but the underlying assumptions across the people of...
What will be the legacy of neoliberalism? │ Jake Scott
Neoliberalism is the defining socio-economic ideology of our world. For many, it is nothing but a success: it has lifted millions across the world out of absolute poverty, relative poverty and, for some, into...
Let’s be practical about Shamima Begum │ Jake Scott
British media has blown up over the last few days about the revelation of Shamima Begum, the London schoolgirl who, at the age of 15, fled the UK to join ISIS in their murderous...
Have we reached peak hysteria yet? | Jake Scott
“There will be a food shortage” – unfeasible, but forgivable. “The NHS will run out of key pharmaceuticals” – extraordinarily unlikely. “The buses will grind to a halt” – absurd, yet a welcome relief...
Populism and the “People’s Vote” | Jake Scott
We all know the official story: Brexit was a “populist revolt”, a rare moment when the “silent majority” finally expressed their anger at the political changes they felt were beyond their grasp yet influenced...
