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Ann Widdecombe: A Singular Voice Falls Silent

CSM EDITORIAL The old certainties have taken a battering this week. One of British politics’ most gloriously unrepentant characters has been snatched from us in circumstances so dark they seem to belong to another world entirely. There will be those who never cared for Ann Widdecombe’s views. She would have been the first to acknowledge that, probably with a theatrical sigh and a brisk “so … Continue reading Ann Widdecombe: A Singular Voice Falls Silent

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Britain Needs the Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir

CSM EDITORIAL We have a habit in this country of treating farmers as a utility rather than a community. We see the tractor on the lane and curse the delay; we see the price of milk and tut; we see the rolling green hills and forget the bodies that break themselves in half to keep them green. Britain does not have a mental health crisis. … Continue reading Britain Needs the Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir

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Toast

CSM EDITORIAL Let’s not mince words. At time of publication, Sir Keir Starmer hasn’t officially left Downing Street yet, but let’s be honest — he’s been politically dead for months. The only question is how long the undertakers will keep pretending. He’s toast. Burnt toast. The kind you discover at the back of the toaster, prod with a knife, and realise it’s been there so … Continue reading Toast

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The Loony Green Menace

CSM EDITORIAL There is a peculiar madness sweeping through Britain’s polling stations. While the country frets over the usual inadequacies of Labour and the Conservatives, a far more insidious force has crept up on the inside. The Green Party, once a harmless receptacle for earnest students and angry pensioners, is now within striking distance of power. And its programme is not merely eccentric. It is … Continue reading The Loony Green Menace

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The Ploughshare and the Guillotine

CSM EDITORIAL Labour’s Inheritance Reforms Are an Act of Rural Cleansing There is a certain kind of politician who views the British countryside not as the nation’s larder or the keeper of its ancient traditions, but as a spreadsheet of undrawn capital gains. For seventeen months, we in the rural community warned Westminster that Labour’s ‘Family Farm Tax’ would drive a dagger through the heart … Continue reading The Ploughshare and the Guillotine

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When Deceit Trickles Down

CSM EDITORIAL One should not, in the normal course of events, be overly surprised to find the odd eccentric at a village fête or a county fair. A certain amount of harmless embellishment is part of the rich tapestry of rural life. However, the spectacle of a man brazenly parading as a Rear Admiral, chest ablaze with unearned medals, at a sacred Remembrance Sunday service … Continue reading When Deceit Trickles Down

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Thin End of the Censor’s Wedge

CSM EDITORIAL It was inevitable—the political equivalent of the last man standing in a ruined room. A one-term socialist administration, handed the keys to Downing Street not by popular enthusiasm but by default, staggering into power amid the wreckage of its opponents. And now, alas, we are condemned to endure them until 2029—or until the economy buckles under their dogma, until public patience snaps into … Continue reading Thin End of the Censor’s Wedge

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The Labour Party’s Fear of the British Countryside

CSM EDITORIAL It is a curious thing, but no government in living memory has been so estranged from the British Countryside as the present Labour administration. There is something in the very sight of a wheat field or a hedgerow that seems to unsettle them, as though the land itself were a rebuke to their vision of a managed, multicultural Britain. The rural districts, with … Continue reading The Labour Party’s Fear of the British Countryside

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Solar Schizophrenia

CSM EDITORIAL One might be forgiven for thinking that His Majesty’s Government has taken leave of its senses–or at the very least, been spending too much time in the rarefied air of Petty France’s lesser think tanks. News reaches us that £50 million of public money is to be lavished upon experiments to dim the sun, all in the noble pursuit of cooling the planet. A … Continue reading Solar Schizophrenia

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Brits Will Never Strive for Reeves

CSM EDITORIAL People really don’t like Rachel Reeves. They know she’s a liar. They know she plagiarises others’ work. They know she accepts bunged expensive clothes and freebie Sabrina Carpenter tickets. All the while she targets the people that so many people love – the farms, the elderly, local businesses. Farmers have committed suicide over her farm tax. The elderly have frozen. Businesses are going … Continue reading Brits Will Never Strive for Reeves

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Peak Farage and ‘Automated’ Clickers

CSM EDITORIAL The latest spat between the Tories and Reform over the alleged automated membership counter on Reform’s website misses the key issue: party membership numbers do not directly correlate with election success. In the last decade, Jeremy Corbyn famously spiked Labour’s party membership. The number of full members moved from 190,000 in May 2015 to 515,000 in July 2016 – an influx of 325,000 new … Continue reading Peak Farage and ‘Automated’ Clickers

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With Each Decree the Spirit of the Nation Dimmed Further

CSM EDITORIAL The Marxists only took over last summer. They concealed a monster from the people, a terrorist whose hands were stained with the blood of children. The streets erupted in fury; voices raised against their tyranny. They dared call the rioters far-right thugs. One woman was jailed for raising her voice to a police dog. With each command, the light of the nation flickered, … Continue reading With Each Decree the Spirit of the Nation Dimmed Further

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The Great Petition

BY THE EDITOR Sir Roger Scruton famously said that the fashion for government by petition is out of step with representative democracy in which representatives are not elected to relay the opinions of their constituents but to represent their interests. Once, on a BBC radio show, he opined that, “The common good, rather than mass sentiment, should be the source of law, and the common … Continue reading The Great Petition

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The Opportunity to Bury Labour Once and for All

CSM EDITORIAL In 2019, we had the chance to bury Labour once and for all, but we weren’t ruthless enough—or patriotic enough—to do the decent thing for Britain. Then came Covid, which distracted those capable of performing the final rites on an unpopular party that, once again, is proving to be a blight on this great nation. Starmer lied to us. Look around: from shivering … Continue reading The Opportunity to Bury Labour Once and for All

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Met Police Farmer Protest Strategy Backfiring

CSM EDITORIAL As readers of this magazine will know very well by now, there is a farmer protest organised for Tuesday 19th November in London. The organisers are claiming, soundly, that the planned rally will “help deliver a strong and clear message to the government while in the heart of London, that family farms and the rural community stand united against the government’s catastrophic Budget.” … Continue reading Met Police Farmer Protest Strategy Backfiring

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Farm Wrecker Reeves

CSM EDITORIAL A Disastrous Blow to Family Farms Labour’s inheritance tax (IHT) reforms, announced today by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, have sparked anger and deep concern within Britain’s farming community, confirming that this government has abandoned its commitment to rural stability. The Chancellor’s decision to freeze the IHT threshold until 2030, coupled with severe changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR), amounts … Continue reading Farm Wrecker Reeves

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