The Internet needs better advocates than the censorship crusader Laurie Penny
It is evident to anybody who takes an interest in free speech and its bedfellow free thought that the Internet is now the only battleground worth fighting over....
Author: Jimmy Nicholls
Writes somewhat about British politics and associated matters. Contact jimmy@rightdishonourable.com
Bill Buckley, Gore Vidal, and the flourishing of American partisanship
In a year that Donald Trump could well become president of the United States, it is arguable that the country’s cable news networks appear, by comparison,...
A New Day on Fleet Street?
It is perhaps the defining hypocrisy of journalism that while the industry claims to be dedicated to popping the pretensions of the great windbags of our time, ...
The Brexit debate is not about parliamentary sovereignty, but the people’s sovereignty
For the seasoned constitutional observer the chief complaint about Britain is that it lacks a single document with all the important rules written down.
How literary criticism replaced real politics
After David Cameron’s “gaffe” at prime minister’s questions last week, many will no doubt be wondering just what the appropriate term for a group of...