What is a nation?
In the modern political tradition, patriotism has always been revered. Not only is pride in and devotion to country seen as a positive, but its absence is also often taken as a sign of moral deficiency. Nationalism, on the other hand, is more suspect. The nationalist identifies with the nation and nationalism can manifest as a political ideology, as it did [...]
Libertarians beware: The battle has moved to the centre
The Left is celebrating the death of the ‘Neo-Liberal Consensus’, the political consensus that has dominated Western democracies since 1980. Characterised by enthusiasm [...]
Young, spoiled and angry for the wrong reasons
In September 2016 research from YouGov showed the typical Labour supporter to be a depressed vegetarian. In the summer of 2017, the image of the core of Jeremy Corbyn’s [...]
We must educate the young on the horrors of socialism
On both sides of the Atlantic, politics as we know it is changing. Party allegiance, long determined by your income and social class, is today more likely to be defined by [...]
Are the Tories really to blame for the Grenfell Tower fire?
Before the London Fire Brigade had extinguished the last flames in the Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, the left, galvanized by their recent electoral resurgence, had [...]
Time to proudly stand up for capitalism
There are many reasons why Theresa May’s Conservatives managed to squander what seemed like an unassailable lead over Labour in the recent UK election. Certainly, [...]
Corbyn is right, politics has changed
One despairs. An election assumed to be a formality, returning a large Tory majority, was not just supposed to give Theresa May a strong mandate in the upcoming Brexit [...]
How a libertarian would tackle terrorism
For many, the natural reaction to terrible events like the Manchester and London terror attacks is defiance. Accordingly, following terror attacks both in the UK and abroad [...]
Who are the real racists?
In the current climate of overwhelming political correctness and left-liberal indignation it is increasingly hard not to be accused of being a racist. Last week, Donald [...]
Why Trump is right to pull out of the Paris Agreement
Following through on a central campaign promise, Donald Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the much hyped 2016 deal that is supposed to keep [...]
Stuff ain’t free: has the time come for higher taxes?
Dishonesty is an unfortunate characteristic of most politicians. Famous for breaking promises, the profession struggles with an image of untrustworthiness. That is however no [...]