Calling Trump a fascist is a bad idea
Our politics have an unhappy habit of falling into language debates during crises. You’ll recall – and I won’t tire of repeating – the kerfuffle abo...
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Online voting is no fix for Covid-19 elections, or any others
In the past fortnight we’ve heard suggestions that the local elections scheduled for 6 May will be delayed, some for the second time since the Covid-19 pa...
Parliament should be moved to the Internet
It is common among British armchair constitutionalists to advocate for Parliament to be moved away from Westminster and plonked elsewhere – usually the North or...
Politics and the Anglish language
Many writers will have been told to read George Orwell’s essay Politics and the English Language at some point. This is not so much for the political cont...
Nigel Farage seeks independence from China
It is funny to think that 10 months ago as we faced the most serious pandemic for decades, the West fell out about what its name should be. Exemplifying our mis...