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"It has been the misfortune of this age, that everything is to be discussed, as if the constitution of our country were to be always a subject rather of altercation than enjoyment." - Edmund Burke anticipates the Neverendum

Monday, August 08, 2016

The strange death of conservative England?

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I'm not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn and I really don't understand people who are. His campaign during the European referendum was woeful...

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Thursday, June 09, 2016

Plebiscites: poisoning the well of democracy

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This referendum is the worst thing in British politics since, well, the last one. Favouring Remain as I do, I am as dismayed as anyone else...

Monday, April 18, 2016

A short note on the perils of political predictions

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When confronted with the prospect of an event that many would regard as both undesirable and unlikely, there is a tendency for some politica...

Thursday, December 03, 2015

Syria and the pessimistic imagination

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With RAF airstrikes in Syria now under way , I'm one of those who would have rather preferred that Parliament hadn't voted in favou...

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Economics and education

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"Most of us have long lamented the general public's lack of understanding of economics", writes Chris Dillow - before linking...

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