Yesterday‘s post on Plato’s Cave was not, as it turns out, the only one to have come out of Saturday morning’s discussion that Jacqueline and
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Keir Starmer has reopened the debate on national identity cards. Supporters say they could make public services, voting, and security simpler. Critics warn of surveillance,
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The FT has done some fascinating analysis of Keir Starmer’s speeches over the last few years. What they found was: The single word “change” —
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The Guardian’s editorial today begins with a long evisceration of Keir Starmer and his caution, before noting: Andy Burnham, sketching a different course. His “Manchesterism”
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This post arose out of a conversation between Jacqueline, my wife, and me yesterday, although the idea had been bouncing around for a few days
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Free speech is the foundation of democracy. Without the right to disagree, there is no freedom at all. Yet in the USA, Trump threatens dissenters,
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This is the fourth in a series of posts on the politics of Nigel Farage and Reform, all of which treat the two as effectively
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I was sent this video to review by its creator this week. I know who he is. I offered comments to him, but also asked
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This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might
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