Beware the ‘Rule of Law’
Beware the 'rule of law', warns Prof James Alexander. Labour's Attorney General Lord Hermer is a proponent of a 'thick' version that opposes 'populism' by taking key decisions out of democratic control.
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The Call For ‘Leadership’ Usually Means Demanding a Politician Sacrifices Fiscal Prudence to Save the Planet, Pay Reparations, Increase Public Expenditure, etc.
Whenever politicians call for 'leadership' they invariably mean a political leader who is unconstrained by fiscal prudence when it comes to pursuing a utopian Left-wing goal, whether saving the planet or paying reparations.
Fascism for Dummies
A fascist has been elected 47th President of the USA. Or so says the Guardian, which assembled a bunch of Left-wing academics to throw around lazy student insults. It just makes them look dumb, says Prof James Alexander.
Can We Ever Recover Our Freedom?
Lord Sumption has said that if we are to be free we should do as much as possible by convention, not by law. That's right, says Prof James Alexander. But how does one recover conventions that have been lost or destroyed?
A Vote for Harris is a Vote for the Court Party
Too many still view American politics through a Left-Right binary, says Prof James Alexander. A better lens is to see that a vote for Harris is a vote for the Court party, while outsider Trump represents the Country.
The Dirty Little Secret of British Politics: the Leader of the Labour Party Can Never be a Woman
According to politics professor James Alexander, the dirty little secret of British politics is the leader of the Labour Party can never be a women. If that happened, all hell would break loose.
What it Means to Die With Dignity
Reflecting on the deaths, on the same day, of Yahya Sinwar and Liam Payne, Prof James Alexander asks what gives a death dignity. Even the death of a despicable man like Sinwar can have dignity on its own terms, he argues.
Reversing the United Kingdom’s Death Spiral
Politics professor James Alexander reviews Return to Growth by Jon Moynihan and finds its argument unanswerable. If we don’t cut taxes, slash red tape and reduce the size of the state, Britain is heading for bankruptcy.
We Live in Google’s World Now
The rise of the digital world has led to a new form of economic order, technofeudalism, in which "cloud capitalists" like Amazon and Google dominate and take their cut, says Yanis Varoufakis. Prof James Alexander agrees.
Is the Spectator Right to Prize Style Over Being Right?
"Who’s in, who's out?" asks Shakespeare. At the Spectator, Michael Gove is in and Fraser Nelson is out. Both say the magazine should prize style over viewpoint. But is this really right, asks Prof James Alexander.
Have We “Lurched to the Right” or “Gone Down the Rabbit Hole”?
Have we "lurched to the Right" or "gone down the rabbit hole"? Mainstream media is full of unflattering descriptions of dissent from Establishment orthodoxy, says Prof James Alexander, and they're rarely helpful.
The Politicisation of Plants
The botanical brigade's bid to erase 'caffra' from plant names exposes the absurdity of trying to decolonise language, says Dr James Alexander.
