Going on twitter is an absolute eye-opener onto the state of the current political and economic narrative being peddled by left and right alike. We want to scream "a plague on all your (political) houses". But where to start? As we registered on 19th November
We can assume that capitalism didn't fail before it was created so we have the first tragedy of capitalism in the late 1920's leading to the Second World War a decade later. Capitalism was rescued by that war and later fake news militarism in the
Is this a daft idea or isn't it? It depends like most things on perspective. To the unenlightened, the question might be about what exactly is Boston's role in any hub of world history. Others may argue that the history itself is shaming and should
There are many reasons to look back on the period between 1997 and 2010 with regret. Blair promised "Cool Britannia" but gave us the laughable claim to end "Boom and Bust", the death of David Kelly, the war in Iraq, the Bank or rather debt
PC could stand for many things in addition to Political Correctness. It could stand for policy confusion, political censorship, psychological conditioning, or it could stand for proceed cautiously or it could stand for all four. As economic determinists we believe we understand the urge for political
In 2015 Oxford student Ntokozo Qwabe expressed the view that the statue of the patron of his Oxford scholarship should be removed as Cecil Rhodes was an imperialist and "looted Africa". Ntokozo Qwabe's view exemplifies the well-intentioned conflation of political correctness, moral relativism and anti-imperialism
What happens when the democratic process in the Western world fails to deliver elected administrations that can run the State and preserve the Nation on behalf of her people? In the past the solution to the problem of failing States was revolution of a gory
Dramatic things happen over centuries not decades. Since Britain consolidated into a "Nation" it has been run by something called the "State". From time to time the "State" under performs whether that is a Plantagenet king or a whole system like the Feudal System. When
The Labour Party conference was typical of a reunion of old left wing windbags. Living the dream of "smashing the hated Tories" decades after the Tories stopped being a threat to anyone but themselves. Corbyn really believes he has set the country on fire with
There was a time when to use a Marxist phrase politics was a petit-bourgeois activity. The players were like bankers and lawyers mere flunkies of the capitalist. At that time the political system was set up to efficiently manage the capitalist economy and ensure the