Piddington’s very English revolution
At a packed village hall meeting in picturesque Piddington, parish council leader Tim McNally railed against the British state. “The Government has stacked all of…
Why Britain needs code-switchers
Everyone knows there are certain things in life that politicians should never own two of: kitchens, romantic partners, bean-to-cup coffee machines. To this list it seems we can now add…
In defense of data centers
Should the construction of new AI data centers be banned in the United States? The Democratic state legislature of New York thinks so: it has passed a law imposing a…
JD Vance: Our new relationship with Iran
JD Vance looks tired, but he’s feeling upbeat. I’m sitting with the vice president in his office aboard Air Force Two, somewhere over Western Europe, heading home after marathon peace…
The sun gods are punishing Britain
We think we want hot, then we get hot and we’re not so sure. We’ve got heat in our politics this week, and heat on our streets. We have people…
In defense of supersized America
The first Englishman to reach the New World brought home chips and fags. Or so we were told: many of us will remember primary-school lessons on Sir Walter Raleigh, fresh…
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…