Charlie Bertsch / 21 Jul 2022
Sonic Anti-Colonialism
Escapology, by Kode9
Kode9’s new record, Escapology: Music from Darien, is a strange document, yet all the more compelling for that strangeness.(...)
Scotland
Josh White / 04 Oct 2021
Punching Down
UK Tabloids and the Poor
The Tories are cutting benefits again. (...)
Josh White / 02 Aug 2021
Government-Approved Media
Meet the Westminster Lobby
We’re all familiar with the sight of reporters standing outside Parliament, doing their talking heads thing.(...)
Josh White / 02 Mar 2020
Five Stages of Brexit
Breaking Down the Breakup
Britain's departure from the European Union was a day of jubilation for some and mourning for others. Many people are still clinging to easy answers and false hopes. It's time to sober up.(...)
Josh Kitto / 29 Jan 2020
Rebuilding the Labour Party
The Search for Intelligent Life
X left defeated by x far-right. It doesn’t matter where it is. It always happens, in every country.
It happens so regularly, in fact, you’d think it was preprogrammed. Conspiracy theory, anyone?(...)
Josh White / 06 Jan 2020
Another England is Possible
The Problem With Patriotism
Labour’s devastating defeat has reopened an old debate about England’s future. Labour leadership contenders David Lammy and Rebecca Long-Bailey have issued calls for ‘civic nationalism’ and ‘progressive patriotism’.(...)
Sean Quinn / 06 Nov 2019
Ireland’s British Hangover
Brexit and What Comes After
“I’ve applied for Irish citizenship.” Pre-Brexit, this would have been amazing to hear in a cut-glass accent by a late-middle-aged upper-class British woman. But Brexit was looming and she didn’t want any hassle commuting to her country home, in France. (...)
Josh Kitto / 20 Sep 2019
The Return of Direct Rule
Northern Ireland and Brexit
Brexit’s fate was always going to be determined by the Irish border. Efforts to limit migration have always ignored the threat it posed. (...)
John Foster / 19 Aug 2019
Brexit Will Not Unify Ireland
UK Breakup Scenarios
It reads like the apocalypse. According to a leaked document detailing the British government’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit, the consequences would be catastrophic. (...)