Be less kind, my friend, try to be less kind
There is a song I’ve been listening to lately. I hear the words when silence fills my head. Although the message is quite crude, I must confess I like the...
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The United Kingdom is not an idea state
Political elites have spent much of the past decade worrying about why voters are revolting against globalisation. However, no political programme has proved as...
Roadmap or not, the Scots need permission to go independent
It has become a cliche in British politics to say that Scotland will leave the United Kingdom sometime soon. Such cliches are usually a sign of lazy thinking, b...
A Whig history of Brexit would be a good idea
There is always a great deal of squabbling over who the true heir is. Pretenders to a successful leader will always want to inherit legitimacy, while critics wi...
Does Europe love a man in uniform?
Among the key disputes of the Brexit years has been whether the European Union fancies itself as a full sovereign state or merely an international club. Leavers...