News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
What happened in Britain during the years 2018-24 wasn’t the philosophical defeat of 'Toryism'. It was a Battle Royal with the Blob that the British Right fought and lost, decisively, says J. Sorel.
Civil Service "groupthink", Brexit and planning for flu rather than a coronavirus led Britain to be unprepared for the pandemic, the Covid Inquiry has found.
Former Chancellor George Osborne has said the Conservative Party must resist chasing Reform voters and instead move back to the political centre ground if it wants to return to power. What nonsense, says Will Jones.
France is teetering on the brink of its own 'Frexit' moment, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned.
A new book by the head of an Oxford College wants unruly politicians brought to heel by lawyers and officials. But we should not throw away the sovereignty of parliament so lightly, says J Sorel.
Sir John Redwood – the veteran MP who headed Margaret Thatcher's policy unit in the 1980s and has opposed Net Zero and lockdown policies – has announced that he will stand down at the General Election.
Rishi Sunak has once again been dropping hints about leaving the European Convention on Human Rights. This is not credible, says Dr David McGrogan: such a feat would require a Government far more serious than this one.
A coup d’état, as originally defined, is a coup inflicted by the state on the people. This makes COVID-19 a coup d’état, says Dr James Alexander. Modern politics could be considered death by a thousand coups.
As a former Lib Dem Mayor who marched for Remain, Steve Wallis says that at this election he's considering voting Reform U.K., despite it once being the Brexit Party. Here's why.
Ken Charman has recently retired as a CEO, but like many over-50s, he has no intention of going back into a corporate world that is beholden to DEI dogma and would cancel you if you ever let on what you really think.
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