Sitemap - 2024 - Writing from London
Free speech in the 2020s: The legacy of Christopher Hitchens
The liberal despair of Rafael Behr
Buckle up for a bumpy ride -2025 is here!
Buckle up for a bumpy ride -2025 is here!
The misuse of history: Germany, Putin, and the betrayal of Ukraine
Arthur Miller, McCarthyism and today’s woke witch hunts
How Hilary Mantel came to despise the England she mythologised
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to one and all!
Conservative immigration betrayals have turbocharged the radical right
Trump will use antisemitsm as an excuse to attack basic freedoms
Keir Starmer joins the Tories in appeasing the radical right
Tell Trump, Musk & Farage to get lost!
Tell Trump, Musk & Farage to get lost!
Last call! A Xmas present for the miserable bastard in your life
China’s spy masters want to ensnare disgraced royals because they want to ensnare EVERYONE
As Trump and Putin loom over us, Europe lives in a world of make believe
The liberal case for censoring the social media conglomerates
Can democracy survive social media?
A Christmas present for the miserable bastard in your life
The war on digital hate must be won
The war on digital hate must be won
Why the BBC cannot hold the right to account
Trump’s America isn’t an oligarchy: it’s much worse than that
Why can’t the UK face up to its crisis
Lost in narcissism, an unwitting Elon Musk makes the case for censoring the Web
The times - they are a-worsening
The times - they are a-worsening
Where is the unhinged world of Musk and Trump taking us?
Assisted dying and our competing visions of hell
What the Trump-Farage-Musk alliance means for Britain
Get set for the Farage-Tory Trump Love-in
Get set for the Farage-Tory Trump Love-in
Trump’s America will be a mafia state
Trump's second term: This is going to hurt
Identitarian Politics: A Guide for the Confused
If they want to survive Trump, progressives must get smarter
Did the woke win it for Trump? Podcast with Yascha Mounk
Roman Polanski, Alfred Dreyfus, and the absurdity of modern censorship
The British right betrays its country as it kisses Trump’s ring
Is Trump about to make Starmer sell out Ukraine?
Mr Tangerine Man & the challenge for Labour - Tom Baldwin
Mr Tangerine Man & the challenge for Labour - Tom Baldwin
It’s not going to be OK – you can’t appease Trump, and you shouldn’t want to try
The great Trump disaster: Now the far right can let rip
How were we so wrong about Trump?
How were we so wrong about Trump?
Maybe, just maybe, hope and history will rhyme
‘Our news agenda is being driven by an increasingly deranged, obsessive and extremist Tory press’
Ep 48: The Tory press is trying to drive us all nuts
Ep 48: The Tory press is trying to drive us all nuts
Kemi Badenoch and the betrayal of an invented past
Trump exploits the fake news of opinion pollsters
Don't panic! Trump's gonna lose bigly - maybe!
Ep 47: Don't panic! Trump's gonna lose bigly
Ep 47: Don't panic! Trump's gonna lose bigly
Democracy dies in broad daylight
David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the death of the English ruling class
The bitter truth for Palestinians is that Hamas made the Israeli right stronger
As Europe teeters on the edge, Russian subversion is everywhere
Robert Jenrick, J.D. Vance and the bull market for bullshitters
Ep 45: How Putin corrupted Europe's banks
Ep 45: How Putin corrupted Europe's banks
Labour’s first 100 days: Could do (MUCH) better
Why British business wont fight back
Ep 44: How the West is helping Putin defeat Ukraine
Ep 44: How the West is helping Putin defeat Ukraine
The radical right gets a free pass
Ep 43: The Tories in Lala Land with Nick Tyrone
Ep 43: The Tories in Lala Land with Nick Tyrone
Brexit will carry on dragging the UK down
Ep 42: The Brexit Blight with Simon Nixon
Ep 42: The Brexit Blight with Simon Nixon
Three (more) reasons to worry about the Middle East
Ep 41: Tories in the bin with Nick Tyrone
Ep 41: Tories in the bin with Nick Tyrone
How Western intelligence agencies helped Vladimir Putin
The real scandal is that there is no outrage on the US right about Russia buying up its journalists
Ep 40: Labour's fight to govern with Steve Richards
Ep 40: Labour's fight to govern with Steve Richards
Ep 39: Russia's war of lies & sneers on the West with Peter Pomerantsev
Ep 39: Russia's war of lies & sneers on the West with Peter Pomerantsev
Trump is Putin’s useful idiot: How Russia sabotages the West
Sarcastic, sneering and sadistic: The voice of modern power
Labour: Too crippled by caution to rescue the UK?
Boris Johnson destroyed the Conservative party - and the Tory leadership election proves it
Ep 38: Labour's chance to salvage the UK with Rafael Behr
Ep 38: Labour's chance to salvage the UK with Rafael Behr
Kamala Harris makes Trump look a weak and washed-out leader
Conservatives head for the extremes: Germany follows the US and UK
Dirty Russian money and the American far right: The case of Dave Rubin
Ep 37: The rise of the Far Right in Germany with Annette Dittert
Ep 37: The rise of the Far Right in Germany with Annette Dittert
Keir Starmer cannot govern as an autocrat
How bureaucrats destroy the careers of artists
The abuses of secrecy: the Spycatcher scandal then and now
Are Liberals becoming over-confident
The British right would rather back Donald Trump than back its country
Why Democrats think they can win
Why are progressive editors hiding Donald Trump’s hacked emails when they ran Hillary Clinton’s?
Why liberal reporters cover up for Donald Trump
The far right wants to be above the law
Elon Musk's global far right targets the UK
“There should be no checks. There should be no balances."
Ep 36: A new age of authoritarianism with Anne Applebaum
Ep 36: A new age of authoritarianism with Anne Applebaum
Kemi Badenoch and the corruption of failure
If you’re so anti-fascist, why aren’t you more right wing?
Why punishing poor kids became popular
As the West totters, the power of the global autocracy grows
Keir Starmer’s quiet radicalism
Europe is not ready to cope with a triumphant Donald Trump
History will condemn American progressives if their cowardice grants Trump a second term
Donald Trump: the only Quisling Vladimir Putin wants and needs
Lessons from the UK for America’s fight against Trump
Do you ignore the deaths of Jews or of Palestinians? Close your eyes and pick a side
An eerie dawn has broken in the UK
UK Election night: Rolling commentary
The British right is about experience its worst defeat - ever
A political earthquake is about to shake the UK
The wasted Tory years are finally over
Biden and Harris must go – but who can make them?
Tories on the verge of an electoral breakdown
From Brexit to Johnson to Truss to Farage: the British right’s radicalisation spiral
Ep: 35 Torygeddon - can the polls be right? With Tory expert Professor Tim Bale
Ep: 35 Torygeddon - can the polls be right? With Tory expert Professor Tim Bale
Three reasons why Rishi Sunak is an "absolute dud"
The last days of the Tory dinosaurs: Interview with Rafael Behr
Billionaires and democracy don’t mix
Ep: 34: The Twighlight of the Tories with Rafael Behr
Ep: 34: The Twighlight of the Tories with Rafael Behr
Brexit and collaborationist journalism
Can you fight woke ideology from the liberal-left?
The radical right destroys the Conservatives
Forget about Farage, will the Liberal Democrats destroy the Conservatives?
With Nigel Farage entering the UK election, here are some resources you might want to look at
Keir Starmer and the dangers of the urge to purge
Homophobic hatred unites authoritarian regimes
Whatever happened to the British left?
Can we fight climate change and China’s will to power at the same time?
The last stand of the deluded leader of a broken party
Contaminated blood destroys the UK's comfortable myths
The war against the West and the civil war within the West
"Fuck off!" Why the language police deserve Anglo-Saxon English
The failure of the West to defend Ukraine rewrites the lessons of the 20th century
Three interesting pieces for a May Sunday
Waiting for a crash: why Putin will wreck our prosperity (such as it is)
They will never forgive J. K. Rowling for being right
Labour is more left wing than purveyors of conventional wisdom admit
The pro-Palestinian cause and the seduction of extremism
How to revive Britain after the Tories and Brexit have battered it into the ground
Episode 33: Will Hutton on Labour's path ahead
Episode 33: Will Hutton on Labour's path ahead
Rishi Sunak: The UK's failed extremist
Salman Rushdie and the tedium of terrorism
“Liz Truss does not understand a word I write,” says her favourite author
The Weekend Roundup: Waiting for a War
How England sold its justice system to the global rich
The intellectual dark web proves the left was right all along
Sickness, wokeness and the limits of language policing
The Conservatives have cursed the UK
The betrayal of Ukraine and Germany’s misreading of history
The terror that dares not speak its name: Fear and silence in the UK
If the British monarchy falls, the monarchists will have killed it
Trump and the far right are up for sale
We’re just waiting for the terrorists to strike us again
I believe Labour offers the UK an escape from decline*
Keir Starmer: the nicest ruthless bastard you could hope to meet
This time the UK’s decline is real
Can Keir Starmer finish off the radical right?
Gaza, Ukraine and the decline of the West
George Galloway and rise of an Islamist foreign policy
What Europe’s struggle against fascism can teach the US
Can nothing halt the UK’s decline?
Trump, Putin and the lost anti-fascist cause
Ep 31: Pulling Brexit Britain out of its economic death spiral - with economist Danny Blanchflower
Ep 31: Pulling Brexit Britain out of its economic death spiral - with economist Danny Blanchflower
Threats of violence bring fascistic menace to UK politics
Rochdale the UK's capital of conspiracy theory
Ep 30: The Tories' by-election blues and the stench of electoral death with Professor Tim Bale
Ep 30: The Tories' by-election blues and the stench of electoral death with Professor Tim Bale
Three constant facts about the state of the UK
Ep 29 How Labour wins big & stays in power with former Blair adviser John McTernan
Ep 29 How Labour wins big & stays in power with former Blair adviser John McTernan
Why US Republicans hate Ukrainian democracy
The radical right turns paranoid
Are US progressives playing into Trump’s hands?
Think too hard about the culture war and you will surely go mad
Ep 28: The Left's failure to confront the Trumpism menace with writer Matt Johnson
Ep 28: The Left's failure to confront the Trumpism menace with writer Matt Johnson
Ep 28: The Left's failure to confront the Trumpism menace with writer Matt Johnson
Radicalised conservatives cannot save themselves (Or their country)
The first Labour government and the next Labour government
A serious country would face the Brexit disaster: the silly and scared UK can't do it
Fear and lies in a world of fakes
Ep 27: Breaking the Brexit Taboo with Professor Chris Grey
Ep 27: Breaking the Brexit Taboo with Professor Chris Grey
Ep 27: Breaking the Brexit Taboo with Professor Chris Grey
Trump persuades British Tories to betray their country
It’s time to abandon winner-takes-all politics in Israel
Psycho bosses will ruin us all!
Ep 26: The Post Office scandal & the curse of British managerialism with economist Chris Dillow
Ep 26: The Post Office scandal & the curse of British managerialism with economist Chris Dillow
Ep 26: The Post Office scandal & the curse of British managerialism with economist Chris Dillow
Conservatives would rather keep the country poor and stupid than accept their failure
Freedom is not the preserve of the "Christian" West
Ep 25: Crimes against humanity, lies & misinformation in the Gaza conflict with Daniella Peled
Ep 25: Crimes against humanity, lies & misinformation in the Gaza conflict with Daniella Peled
Ep 25: Crimes against humanity, lies & misinformation in the Gaza conflict with Daniella Peled
On the world historical importance of pandering to middle-class, middle-brow, mid-western voters
It will take a missile hitting the BBC to shake the cosy stupidity of UK politics
Will the radical right take over the Tories?
Ep 24: How the Radical Right of Reform could destroy the Tories - with Rob Ford
Weekend round up: Just one damned thing after another
The lies of the Gaza conflict will haunt us
How reputable Conservatives paved the way for Trump and Brexit