Josh White / 23 Jan 2023
Guilty as Charged
Nigel Farage’s Legacy
Brexit will turn three on the last day of January, over six years since the 2016 referendum kickstarted Britain’s race to the bottom.(...)
Dominic Cummings
Josh White / 17 Jan 2022
The End of Protest
UK Liberties at Risk
London's Kill the Bill march began in the centre of Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was a cold Saturday morning but the crowd was lively. The usual suspects had turned out.(...)
Josh White / 13 Dec 2021
Government Press Outlet
Boris Johnson’s Spectator
The office of The Spectator is a short walk from the House of Commons. This is apt given its relationship with the British establishment.(...)
Josh White / 18 May 2020
Immune to Coronavirus
Why Boris is Still Popular
The Johnson government may be the most right-wing in modern British history. Yet its disastrous response to the COVID-19 outbreak hasn’t cost it support. (...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 11 Dec 2019
Brainwashed Britain
The Tory Brexit Campaign
When the history of Brexit is written, the chapter on propaganda will be the biggest. From the slogans and disinformation to the tabloid headlines, it could be its own book, really.(...)
Josh White / 28 Oct 2019
The Heart of Darkness
The Dominic Cummings Problem
We all love bad guys. We love to watch them rise and fall. But most of all we have a stake in ‘bad guys’ because it means we can play the good guys.(...)
Josh White / 29 Jul 2019
Ideal Tory Subjects
Introducing Team Boris
Once Boris Johnson won, it was clear the cabinet would be remade to suit his agenda. He jettisoned half the team and brought Sajid Javid, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and Priti Patel into the top tier, but he also drew on the Tory Party’s network of right-wing activists and social media gurus.(...)