The Politics of Zero
Politics professor James Alexander ruminates about how toxic the word ‘zero’ has become, signalling intolerance and an unwillingness to compromise, whether it’s ‘Net Zero’, ‘Zero Covid’ or ‘Zero Tolerance’.
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Right-Wing Intersectionalism
The Left’s embrace of ‘intersectionality’ – a theoretical rationale for building coalitions between disparate groups – has been a strategic masterstroke. Is it time for the Right to follow suit?
Was England’s Loss to France in the World Cup Due to Ligament Damage Caused by Taking the Knee?
Politics Professor James Alexander has stumbled across an article in the Journal of Soccer Science that explains England’s exit from the World Cup – the ligament damage caused by taking the knee.
Two Types of Free Speech
Politics professor James Alexander points out that ‘free speech’ can mean two different things: one is respectable and political; the other is sceptical and eccentric.
If the Conservative Party is Dying, What Should Replace It?
In a thoughtful essay for the Daily Sceptic, professor James Alexander asks what should replace the Conservative Party, assuming it will shortly expire. He thinks the answer is a party of the countryside and the church.
De Excidio Britanniae: or Peter Hitchens’s Black Pill
Dr James Alexander, a politics professor, analyses the conservative philosophy of Peter Hitchens, whom he thinks is as talented a polemicist as his brother Christopher.
There is No Coherent ‘Conservative’ Doctrine, so Arguing About how ‘Conservative’ the Leadership Candidates are is Pointless
Arguments about how ‘conservative’ the leadership candidates are is pointless since no one really knows what ’conservatism’ means and looking back to Bolingbroke, Burke or Oakeshott doesn’t really help.
More From the Woke Dictionary
Read the second instalment of Dr. James Alexander's short satirical glossary, lexicon, or devil’s dictionary, explanatory of some recently familiar words.
‘Settled Science’ is a Contradiction in Terms
Dr James Alexander, a politics professor at Bilkent University in Turkey, explores the concept of 'settled science' and concludes it’s one of the great oxymorons of our time.
The Woke Dictionary
Read Dr. James Alexander's short satirical glossary, lexicon, or devil’s dictionary, explanatory of some recently familiar words.
Toxic Monopolies
Dr. James Alexander, a professor of politics, explains the connection between Covid nonsense, climate alarmism and wokery pokery – they‘re all imbued with an ideology that serves the interests of billionaire monopolists.
The Queen Should Never Have Been Asked to Attend Prince Philip’s Funeral Alone and in a Mask
Dr James Alexander, a politics professor writing in the Daily Sceptic, regrets that the last significant image he has of the Queen was her sitting alone at Prince Philip’s funeral in a mask. It should never have happened.
