BY NIALL MCPHERSON From the Fabian ‘Wolf’ to the Communist Fist, the Left’s Long Romance with Violence In a quiet corner of Lyon, a young man lies dead, his skull fractured by the boots of masked militants. Quentin Deranque, a nationalist student whose only crime was to stand in defence of women exercising their right to peaceful protest, has become the latest offering on the … Continue reading Crimson Tide
BY ROGER WATSON A Philosophy of Preservation in a World Obsessed with Change Karl Marx’s famous declaration—inscribed on his tomb and drawn from his Theses on Feuerbach—reads: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” Yet this call to action, once revolutionary, may have outlived its usefulness. In its place, Continuism, an emerging philosophy, offers a … Continue reading Continuism
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN You may have noticed. The Left often speaks of victimhood. They use it to gain power, silence foes, and hold the stage. They draw on tales of race, gender, class, and the earth itself. At its core, victimhood means feeling wronged, made small by others. In the public sphere, it pulls at the heart and claims the moral high ground. The Left … Continue reading The Politics of Perpetual Victimhood
BY STEWART SLATER We start this month with an apology. In the last of these ‘Reflections’ pieces, published October 1st, I wrote of Sue Gray, “she has power, so she does not need politics.” Five days later she resigned. Predictions, it turns out, are hard. Particularly those about the future. In my (partial) defence, the politics she needed was office politics, not the mass, electoral … Continue reading November Reflections
BY ALEX STORY Sunak was the first man who lost his way to Downing Street. He won’t be the last one to lose his way out, thankfully. The end game in politics for the current Prime Minister is approaching fast. The poison which set the Tory party on the path to self-destruction was injected by Osborne, Hague and Cameron in the body of this ancient … Continue reading Between a Rock and a Hard Place
BY STEWART SLATER We do not live in a Golden Age of political sloganeering. “Long term decisions for a brighter future”, the Conservatives’ current effort is dull, forgettable and a bit silly – who would proclaim their willingness to take short-term decisions for a bleaker future? The Lib Dems effort, “For a Fair Deal” probably sounded ok the first time it was used. By Harry … Continue reading Dreams of Futures Past
