Book Review: Harold Wilson, The Winner.
In all likelihood the UK’s next prime minister will be Sir Keir Starmer. Last month, Sir Keir had signalled that …
Tag Archives: Democracy
Nicola Sturgeon Is No Revolutionary.
Yesterday’s ruling at the Supreme Court basically confirms that anybody who had voted for an independence referendum during the last …
A World Without Twitter.
If Jonathan Swift was alive today and he decided to write a grand satire of social democracy, it could not …
Austerity Comes to Scotland.
Somewhere deep in the imagination of every Scottish nationalist exists a thriving and virtuous social democracy. A city upon a …
A Second Look At “Ukraine Should Surrender.”
Is there really a military solution to the disaster in Ukraine? Back in March, Tychy didn’t think so and in …
Why Can’t The Queen’s Reign Simply Continue?
The republican’s foremost objection to monarchy should be the sheer miserablism of its implications. According to many of the tributes …
On Three Leaders (Ambedkar, Gandhi and Modi).
I begin at the Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial, north of the centre of New Delhi in the Civil Lines. This …
What A Parliament Should Look Like.
Some of Boris Johnson’s critics are increasingly finding themselves inhabiting a curious paradox. For both Remainers and supporters of Scottish …
Boris Dazzles and Amazes.
For many weeks and probably like a majority of people I have been viewing politics as being essentially suspended until …
At Sitaram Yechury’s talk at the Old College.
The UK is currently celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. After some brainstorming, I decided that the best way for me …
Shenanigans.
Pippa became the President of EUSA because she had not been invited to a party. Honorine had gotten her claws …
Ukraine and the Madness of Nationalism.
How has the Russo-Ukrainian conflict refreshed the idea of nationalism? What new information does it add to the history of …
Arts Review: Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace.
The mistress of the house is creeping down a corkscrew staircase and she is about to reach the bottom. Here …
Ukraine Should Surrender.
Eleven days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the conflict is increasingly likely to be remembered neither as a …
Maybe Ukraine Should Surrender.
I would like to think deeply and write well about Ukraine. Alas, I have only the time at the moment …
Tychy 