BY STEWART SLATER A seemingly iron law of British elections is that, in the aftermath of a defeat, a caucus in the losing party will ascribe their failure to having been too far from the centre ground. This, hallowed space, an almost mythical source of electoral milk and honey is always, in another iron law, coterminous with the political territory occupied by said caucus. In … Continue reading The Authoritarian Future
Dear Editor, May I congratulate your magazine on attracting writers from across political tribes. I note in particular Country Squire Magazine’s publication of articles by staunch Remainer, James Melville. As someone who sits on the Left of the political divide I have witnessed with dismay the sharp increase in tribalism over recent years across British media and political life. This has of course been brought … Continue reading Bridging Divides
BY QUENTIN PIGG It is one of life’s great mysteries: how much of the BBC’s anti-Britishness is due to Marxist subversion and how much is merely the perfunctory prattishness of liberals? Probably it is more of the latter but with enough of the former to ensure that incidents like the recent Proms controversy will continue to rile the average TV licence payer. Despite their latest … Continue reading The Centrist Provocateur
