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Tag Archives: Democracy

Book Review: Harold Wilson, The Winner.

December 2, 2022

In all likelihood the UK’s next prime minister will be Sir Keir Starmer. Last month, Sir Keir had signalled that …

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Nicola Sturgeon Is No Revolutionary.

November 24, 2022

Yesterday’s ruling at the Supreme Court basically confirms that anybody who had voted for an independence referendum during the last …

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A World Without Twitter.

November 12, 2022

If Jonathan Swift was alive today and he decided to write a grand satire of social democracy, it could not …

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Austerity Comes to Scotland.

November 4, 2022

Somewhere deep in the imagination of every Scottish nationalist exists a thriving and virtuous social democracy. A city upon a …

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A Second Look At “Ukraine Should Surrender.”

September 24, 2022

Is there really a military solution to the disaster in Ukraine? Back in March, Tychy didn’t think so and in …

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Why Can’t The Queen’s Reign Simply Continue?

September 12, 2022

The republican’s foremost objection to monarchy should be the sheer miserablism of its implications. According to many of the tributes …

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On Three Leaders (Ambedkar, Gandhi and Modi).

July 12, 2022

I begin at the Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial, north of the centre of New Delhi in the Civil Lines. This …

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What A Parliament Should Look Like.

July 9, 2022

Some of Boris Johnson’s critics are increasingly finding themselves inhabiting a curious paradox. For both Remainers and supporters of Scottish …

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Boris Dazzles and Amazes.

July 6, 2022

For many weeks and probably like a majority of people I have been viewing politics as being essentially suspended until …

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At Sitaram Yechury’s talk at the Old College.

June 3, 2022

The UK is currently celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. After some brainstorming, I decided that the best way for me …

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Shenanigans.

May 18, 2022

Pippa became the President of EUSA because she had not been invited to a party. Honorine had gotten her claws …

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Ukraine and the Madness of Nationalism.

May 3, 2022

How has the Russo-Ukrainian conflict refreshed the idea of nationalism? What new information does it add to the history of …

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Arts Review: Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace.

April 18, 2022

The mistress of the house is creeping down a corkscrew staircase and she is about to reach the bottom. Here …

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Ukraine Should Surrender.

March 6, 2022

Eleven days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the conflict is increasingly likely to be remembered neither as a …

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Maybe Ukraine Should Surrender.

March 1, 2022

I would like to think deeply and write well about Ukraine. Alas, I have only the time at the moment …

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