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The Death of Rigorous Policy Debate
There are a lot of valid policy questions that Green party leader Zack Polanski should answer, but none of his opponents or media interlocutors ever seem to ask them. It’s just one symptom of a malignant civic disease – one on full display...
Harborne's £27m Question: Who Does Farage Answer To?
Westminster is ripe with scandals these days, but The Guardian just uncovered a whopper.
Cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne reportedly gave Farage an undisclosed £5 million personal gift just before he announced he’d run for h...
Patriotism and Democracy Go Hand-in-Hand
St George’s day – this past Thursday – generally marks the start of a peculiar season in British politics. Debates over English identity and patriotism are re-ignited and rehashed anew. Politicians play tug-of-war with a Union flag. It’s al...
Palantir's Quest to Privatise Democracy
Peter Thiel’s Palantir drew a lot of attention last weekend for a tweet that reads like the monologue of a cartoon villain. In a long post, they endorse the arguments made in The Technological Republic, a 2025 book written by the company’s...
The Separatists Unite
In a leaked memo last month, Keir Starmer told Ministers not to be “overly deferential” to devolved governments. He warned it “almost inevitably creates political challenges or missed positive opportunities.”
Polls show that he’ll have bot...
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