Josh White / 09 May 2022
Dead Centre
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Theresa May
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 White / 03 Feb 2020
Exit to Nowhere
Britain Enters the Void
It was inevitable that Brexit Day would be a day of mourning for some and of celebration for others. Some of us did our best to ignore it.(...)
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?(...)
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 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.(...)
Josh White / 07 Jun 2019
Dead Country
The Theresa May Legacy
It’s hard to believe that Theresa May was once seen as Thatcher 2.0. The British press would regularly say that May will run the country for the next 10 years.(...)
Duncan Simpson / 29 May 2019
A Political Obituary
Theresa May as Katechon
Though the chimes of Big Ben, looming over the Palace of Westminster, are silent, the bell has finally tolled for Prime Minister Theresa May.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 01 Apr 2019
Revoke Article 50
Britain Takes Back Control
And yet there is hope. Today, on 1 April (Yes, April Fool’s Day,) the UK parliament debates the Revoke Article 50 petition. For those who say petitions are useless, this shows that when government is not listening, at least citizens can be heard and influence the political process.(...)