University is Not Good for You | Jake Scott
As a Doctoral Researcher in political theory, some might find it strange that I am writing this piece. I have spent five of my last six years in academia, passing through the typical stages...
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The regular column of Jake Scott, Editor and Doctoral Researcher.
Why I am Quitting Netflix | Jake Scott
The internet erupted in furore on Thursday when news broke of a film called ‘Cuties’ being published by the online streaming service Netflix. The film is billed as an empowering story of a young girl who defies her...
The Culture War is Over and the Right Lost | Jake Scott
Not that long ago on my own site, I wrote that our politics was facing what I called an existential split, arguing that there existed a liberal Britain and a conservative Britain. It was...
Coronavirus: When the West Stared at its Reflection | Jake Scott
At the time of writing, Britain is easing itself out of lockdown. At the time of publication (I hope) the country will have emerged, blinking, into the light. It feels as though we have...
The Correct at War with the True | Jake Scott
There has, in the last five years predominantly, crept into our vernacular a strange inability to say the truth, and a comparable absurdity in being unable to deny its opponents. Only recently was a...
The Confused Question of Free Speech | Jake Scott
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...
The Government’s Dilemma | Jake Scott
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,...
Will Coronavirus be China’s Chernobyl moment? | Jake Scott
“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...
Labour needs a Caretaker Leader | Jake Scott
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:...
Where Atheists Dare Not Tread | Jake Scott
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...
