“Every political party promises to revitalize those areas of the country that have been left behind by de-industrialisation and the rapidly changing nature of our…
“Every political party promises to revitalize those areas of the country that have been left behind by de-industrialisation and the rapidly changing nature of our…
Many European leaders have welcomed the vote of the Strasbourg Parliament on September 11 which, following the proposal of a Dutch environmentalist, opened a procedure…
Interview with Renaud Girard first published in FigaroVox FIGAROVOX.- Today, the African continent is experiencing a population explosion and Europe is aging. Why not just…
“Everywhere it seems to be the case that the absence of government does not lead to bewilderment and confusion and disorder, as might be imagined…
Yes, it is hot. The heat has also added a layer of what I can only describe as degradation to our public services. But before…
The romantic mossy stones of Ruskin’s Venice and Charles Aznavour’s city transform to sadness when love vanishes. The contemporary Venice of old groceries stores and…
The papers have been reporting on the rise in crime rates across the UK. Burglaries, knife crimes, stalking, sexual offences – all are on the…
Culture is at the root of how we think and behave, the assumptions we make and how we see the World. In short, culture is…
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Nationalism, those of us in the centre ground of politics are told, is a very bad thing: inability to work together across borders, tribalism, “othering”…
A few years ago, on a trip to Kenya, I chatted to some locals about why they wanted to come to the UK. These were…
Top-down public services in the UK are planned and delivered according to techno-bureaucratic systems and processes which followed the thinking in the Beveridge Report of…