John Foster / 16 Dec 2022
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.(...)
Margaret Thatcher
John Foster / 10 Sep 2022
The Irish Abyss
Truss and the Backstop
The Tories believe they’re the most consistent party in British politics.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 06 Sep 2022
Life Under Gorbachev
The End of the USSR
When Mikhail Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR in 1985, I was studying Russian at university.(...)
Josh White / 05 Sep 2022
Race to the Bottom
The Liz Truss Plunger
If Prime Minister Liz Truss is the joke, Britain is the punchline.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 01 Aug 2022
Life Under Thatcher
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.(...)
Josh White / 04 Jul 2022
Enemies Within
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.(...)
Josh White / 09 May 2022
Dead Centre
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Josh White / 11 Apr 2022
Selling the News
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.(...)
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.(...)
