After the East Berlin uprising of 1953, Bertolt Brecht, wrote a satirical poem titled ‘The Solution’: “After the uprising of June 17thThe Secretary of the…
After the East Berlin uprising of 1953, Bertolt Brecht, wrote a satirical poem titled ‘The Solution’: “After the uprising of June 17thThe Secretary of the…
By Renaud Girard To everyone’s surprise, in his State of the Nation address of 15 January 2020, the President of Russia announced significant constitutional changes soon…
Imagine a game of political chess, not with two players as in a traditional two-party system, but with six. The game is being played out…
Why are there so many blank walls in public libraries these days? Is it because librarians have, despite decades of inculcation, conceived a dislike to…
Putting a cross on a piece of paper once every few years is virtually the electorate’s only involvement in our so-called democracy, we thereby elect…
We are delighted to announce the publication of “Tickbox” by David Boyle. “This powerful and timely book will strike an immediate chord with anyone who has had…
In March 2003, the United States decided to invade Iraq. To do so, it had to violate the United Nations Charter, of which it had…
History will remember the decade 2010-2019 as the decade during which Westerners lost their leadership in world affairs. Does this mean that the West –…
Warring Fictions: Left Populism and it’s defining myths (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) Colin Talbot talks to Chris Clarke, one of the latest writers to try…
Long-standing lib Dems, battered by a disappointing general election result – the third in a row – then had to cope with a Guardian column…
Nobody wants to fuck a Centrist. I’ve got evidence for this and so do you. Cast your mind back to your student days. Or, if…
The outcome of the election has, no doubt, many lessons to teach us. For me, I have learned one big lesson: in evaluating policy positions…