Josh White / 15 May 2023
National Right Makeover
NatCon in London
Arriving at the Emmanuel Centre, I was confronted by loud classical music of the bombastic, patriotic variety.(...)
Tories
Josh White / 01 May 2023
Britain on May Day
Angry and Directionless
It’s not often we get May Day off in the UK. It’s only when it happens to be the first Monday of the month that we get the bank holiday.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 27 Apr 2023
The Horrors of Neoliberalism
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
When The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover first hit the screen in 1989, it inspired the sort of intense reactions normally restricted to horror films.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 15 Mar 2023
Socialist Realism Done Right
Sleaford Mods’ UK Grim
If the UK had gone in a different direction over the past decade, if its leaders had remembered the people who slaved to make it great, Sleaford Mods might have become one of those novelty acts that disappear from view after a song or two.(...)
John Foster / 03 Mar 2023
Britain Gives Up
Post-Brexit Ireland
The end of Ireland’s Brexit crisis shouldn’t be noteworthy. As Fintan O’Toole noted in The Guardian, the Windsor Framework could have been agreed upon two years ago.(...)
Josh White / 21 Feb 2023
Lynch Mob Blog
Guido Fawkes, Phony Rebel
Guido Fawkes is the kind of media that can destroy reputations in minutes. Sometimes deservedly, but not always.(...)
Josh White / 10 Jan 2023
The Gender-Capital Complex
Platforming Andrew Tate
Before his arrest, Andrew Tate was just another influencer with bad politics.(...)
Josh White / 21 Nov 2022
Magazine for the Poor
Selling The Big Issue
You’ve seen them wearing red jackets, carrying a red magazine. (...)
Josh White / 08 Aug 2022
Old Europeans
Thinking With Borders
Not many newspapers begin life like The New European. (...)
Josh White / 14 Mar 2022
Lord of Siberia
Boris Johnson’s Oligarch
Walking into Hampton Court Park, you might expect to get away from the hectic flux of London. You’d be right. (...)