I know nothing about football, I mean really, not even background knowledge. I grew up in a motor racing household, … More
Category: Politics
Voter ID – a list, with snarky commentary
I didn’t know, until I had the misfortune to be watching BBC Parliament today (I hate how that happens) that … More
A History of the World in Admin
(Mortimer, A. E., Press tbc, forthcoming). It is pretty clear that one of the biggest divisions in the Brexit debate … More
The secret is that there is no secret: Farage, Trump, Assange, Putin and the fabric of reality
There’s a great moment in Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum when the protagonist’s girlfriend, following on chapters and chapters of the … More
The Second Referendum, or, Obliquity
The following has occurred: The election result has opened up a window of opportunity for rethinking Brexit. Certainly that’s what … More
HyperNormalisation
In response to one person asking public demand, a couple of thoughts arising from the new Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation released … More
The consequences of conservatism in the US and the UK
Actually, not really conservatism, that’s not fair (but it was alliterative). Conservatism is a political mood or tradition or character … More
How to think about the entrenched wealth of the aristocracy
I was recently talking to a constitutional historian whose main interest is in the royal family. He was frustrated and … More
The great battle of our times – politics and psychopaths
It’s hard at the moment not to conceive of the wider political context in terms of Lord of the Rings … More
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
On Wednesday, to Housman’s bookshop in King’s Cross, a place I am making a habit of, to hear Jeff Laster … More