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...
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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...
Why Does Anyone Care About Renew? (Part 3)
The travails of the centrist remoaners at Renew continued at the recent local elections, with a defecting councillor James Cousins, formerly of the Tories, losi...