Who cares what a bunch of old writers think about the EU?
Few comments in recent British history are as infamous as Michael Gove’s statement about the country’s impatience with experts, usually shortened in...
Author: Jimmy Nicholls
Writes somewhat about British politics and associated matters. Contact jimmy@rightdishonourable.com
Brexit was a vote for popular sovereignty, not the parliamentary sort
Many pundits will be gleefully tweeting this week some variant on Parliament “taking back control” – of Brexit, of government or of the country. But this refrai...
Peterloo is a pro-Brexit film
Peterloo is quite a dull film. Its settings are mostly drab, many characters are unsympathetic, and the final riot is anticlimactic. Among the film’s most...
MPs’ changing habits in the Palace of Westminster
Those interested in parliamentary culture, and particularly how its affects the legislature’s ability to check the government, should read Chris Mullin’s recent...
World Order’s ‘Historical Force’ In Anglo-American Foreign Policy
‘Anxiety about the future is part of the Western condition,’ John Bew, professor in history and foreign policy, told an audience at King’s College London on Tue...