In early December 2019, the Turkish Navy expelled an Israeli oceanographic vessel from Cypriot territorial waters. On board were not only researchers from Ben Gurion…
In early December 2019, the Turkish Navy expelled an Israeli oceanographic vessel from Cypriot territorial waters. On board were not only researchers from Ben Gurion…
Three years ago, we published a book entitled The Death of Liberal Democracy? Many of our friends and acquaintances were shocked that we would even…
So the Corbynista-Momentum fantasy politics show is over. The British people heard what Corbyn and his fellow travellers were selling – and they weren’t buying….
The general view seems to be that, whatever the outcome, this has been a desultory election campaign. More lies, more half-truths, more evasion. This is…
Has the political culture forgotten how to make things happen? Maybe it matters not at all who wins elections. Why not? Because our political culture…
For political nerds, a club of which I confess to being a fully paid-up member, elections are usually times of great excitement. Yet this election…
Winston Churchill complained about the BBC’s uncommitted stance during the General Strike in 1926. “How can you be even-handed between the fireman and the fire?”…
Ben Rich debates with Alex Deane whether President Trump’s UK visit holds perils for the Tories Read on City AM
On Sunday, the Hong Kong municipal elections were a spectacular success for pro-democracy activists opposed to supporters of the Chinese Communist Party line. Turnout (some…
Through the summer and autumn of 2019 there was much talk of both political and constitutional crises wracking the body politic of dear old Blighty….
NOTE: Limited seating availability. Click RSVP button for tickets Since the 2008 financial crash, monetary policy has played an outsized role in political economies around…
We appear to be in a year of anniversaries and commemorations, with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War and the…