Josh White / 14 Feb 2022
Quick to the Punch
The Sins of The Daily Express
The Daily Express Building still stands at 120 Fleet Street. It's a monument to a different era in British journalism. (...)
UKIP
Joel Schalit / 13 Jul 2020
Brexit Anti-Colonialism
Imperial Victimhood Scam
On 23 June 2016, the country that had ruled over the largest empire in history voted to "take back control".(...)
Josh White / 22 Jun 2020
Nazi-Occupied Britain
The Far-Right Threat
On 16 June 2016, Thomas Mair ambushed Labour MP Jo Cox at the library where she held her surgery. This should have been just another day in her constituency. But it wasn’t.(...)
Josh White / 13 Nov 2019
Start-Up Populism
From PayPal to Brexit
The Brexit Party revolves around London millionaires. Former metals trader Nigel Farage is the face of the party, while Leave.EU founders Richard Tice and Arron Banks keep the campaign flush with cash.(...)
Josh White / 09 Oct 2019
The Anti-European Dream
Alan Sked’s Brexit
The Brexit debate is often framed as a vicious bout with liberal Europhile centrists in one corner and conservative Eurosceptic nationalists in the other. Anyone in between is knocked out of view.(...)
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.(...)
John Foster / 22 May 2019
The End is Nigh
Looking For a Better Europe
Elections for the European Parliament begin Thursday and predictions of doom and gloom are the order of the day. And why not?(...)
Josh White / 20 May 2019
Rebranding Brexit
Nigel Farage Looks for New Markets
The Brexit Party is the new vehicle for Nigel Farage’s populist project to reshape British politics. And it looks set to smash UKIP and the Conservatives.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 08 May 2019
We Need to Talk About Nigel
Telling it Like it Is
My favourite response to loudmouths is to ignore them. Don’t give them the oxygen of publicity, don’t repeat their slogans and don’t share their images on social media.(...)