Fantasy Island
Free Market: The History of an Idea, by Jacob Soll
It’s as though the 1980s never happened. For many Gen Xers like me, until the 2008 financial crisis, the free market was the only game in town.(...)
Free Market: The History of an Idea, by Jacob Soll
It’s as though the 1980s never happened. For many Gen Xers like me, until the 2008 financial crisis, the free market was the only game in town.(...)
Truss and the Backstop
The Tories believe they’re the most consistent party in British politics.(...)
The End of the USSR
The Liz Truss Plunger
If Prime Minister Liz Truss is the joke, Britain is the punchline.(...)
Working for the Iron Lady
It’s remarkable how candidates in the Tory leadership race have channelled Margaret Thatcher. Especially as they're barely old enough to have experienced her policies.(...)
The Press vs. the Workers
Not everyone can handle TV appearances, least of all on live TV shows. No one expected RMT leader Mick Lynch to do so well in televised clashes with broadcast journalists.(...)
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Losing Channel 4 to the Spivs
Sitting in front of the TV waiting for the news to come on, with a plate of food on your lap. This was a common experience once upon a time.(...)
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.(...)