Burnham is keeping his enemies close
Last Monday, Andy Burnham delivered what was perhaps the most ambitious statement of economic intent since 1997. Standing outside Downing Street, the Prime Minister spoke…
Why Burnham should call a snap election
It ended not with a bang but a whimper. It came from the back of the Prime Minister’s throat, as Keir Starmer promised to be a better husband and father.…
How military schools warp American manhood
In September 2025, I received word from a trusted source that Valley Forge Military Academy was closing after 98 years. The place had been founded by a lieutenant general on…
Can you stomach creepypasta?
Imagine a portal you can pass through at will. On the other side, there’s a world that resembles this one in many superficial ways, but there’s an uncanny distortion to…
Burnham vs the bond markets
Mario Cuomo once said that politicians should campaign in poetry and govern in prose. That’s no longer true, at least in Britain — where politicians must reconcile the demands of…
The great Labour brain drain
How awkward is it that the last great hope of the Labour Left should have the NHS’s first hospital privatization tucked away in his curriculum vitae? Long before he became…
The far-Right’s Polish love affair
Rafał came to England for an easy life. He was in his late twenties, his parents had just died, and he had little to keep him in Poland. So when…
Don’t shed tears for Keir
After an embattled two years, it’s Starmer’s turn: on Monday, following a weekend of escalating press speculation, he stood at the podium where he delivered a short statement that robotically…
How Britain lost control
The Brexit referendum campaign of 2016 was a dialog of the deaf, fought by the rival campaigns on different agendas. For Remainers, the issue was the economy. For Leavers, it…
A second Milei rises in Colombia
On Sunday, Colombians narrowly elected the Right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella to the presidency with 49.7% of the vote against ruling-party nominee Iván Cepeda’s 48.7%. Cepeda’s loss also heralds…
How China made Manchesterism
Walk with me through a fragment of Manchester. Let’s start on Corporation Street, where the 19th-century pomp of Victoria Station abuts an outcrop of high rises. To be fair, I…