I’m going to talk about football and Brexit, sorry.

I know nothing about football, I mean really, not even background knowledge. I grew up in a motor racing household, … More

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

(Mortimer, A. E., Press tbc, forthcoming). It is pretty clear that one of the biggest divisions in the Brexit debate … More

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 following has occurred: The election result has opened up a window of opportunity for rethinking Brexit. Certainly that’s what … More

In response to one person asking public demand, a couple of thoughts arising from the new Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation released … More

Actually, not really conservatism, that’s not fair (but it was alliterative). Conservatism is a political mood or tradition or character … More

I was recently talking to a constitutional historian whose main interest is in the royal family. He was frustrated and … More

It’s hard at the moment not to conceive of the wider political context in terms of Lord of the Rings … More

On Wednesday, to Housman’s bookshop in King’s Cross, a place I am making a habit of, to hear Jeff Laster … More