The UK has Given Over £1 Billion to a Visa Outsourcing Company Owned by Trump AdvisorThe UK government gave over £1 billion to a global outsourcing firm owned by a former economic advisor to Donald Trump to process visa…Jun 1Jun 1
How the West got ‘Deep State’-pilledConspiracies about ‘elites’ secretly controlling politics are nothing new, but the use of the Turkish ‘Deep State’ concept is.Apr 27Apr 27
The biggest battery storage sites in the UK in 2024The UK government publishes quarterly statistics on the Renewable Energy Planning Database, which was last updated in January 2024. There…Apr 5Apr 5
The Crooked House and English national prideThe decline of England’s pubs is robbing us of our material historyFeb 8Feb 8
A history of invasions of BritainWhat do we mean when we call something an invasion and what counts?Nov 30, 2022Nov 30, 2022
Putin apocryphaHere is a short story that was told to me by a friend of my parents, the American political strategist and advisor Phil Krone (1941–2010)…Feb 27, 2022Feb 27, 2022
How to write feature articlesI’m teaching university students how to write features, so I may as well write about it.Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021
Pandemic holidays — Sicily in 2020: Part 1 — PalermoI went to Sicily with my partner from the start of August to the start of September 2020. This was after the first wave of the Covid-19…Oct 21, 2021Oct 21, 2021
What are the main sources of global CO2 emissions?The COP26 climate conference starts in 10 days time, and governments are failing to meet the scale of the challenge to stop the climate…Oct 21, 2021Oct 21, 2021
The Platform is the Message‘Clegg insisted individuals were responsible for their own actions on 6 January, and would not say if he believed Facebook bore any…Oct 13, 2021Oct 13, 2021