The plight of the British Labour party—which can be found today still licking its wounds from a devastating 2019 general election defeat, presenting as a shadow of its once proud self—should be a warning to any political organization tempted to believe it can neglect its core vote and . . . . Continue Reading »
I hoped that Britain would leave the E.U. as part of a counter-revolution against all the errors of the past fifty years—and that this would involve the destruction of the British “Conservative” Party. Continue Reading »
All political movements have internal tensions, but the new Tory coalition seems unusually incoherent. Continue Reading »
With a full, eighty-seat majority in the House of Commons, Johnson’s Conservatives now have the opportunity to change British politics for a generation or more. Continue Reading »
The United Kingdom has now begun the process of breaking up. Continue Reading »
Britain’s courts are becoming, as America’s already are, unelected tools of politics, losing proportionate credibility as impartial arbiters of justice. Continue Reading »
Brexit will come or Brexit will go, but the shifting sands in Northern Ireland that are being ignored in the political back-and-forth are here to stay. Continue Reading »
Britain’s political and economic elite no longer really believe in the country. Continue Reading »
The U.K. Supreme Court is importing American-style political litigation—attempting to use the courts to win victories that are properly won only through political action. Continue Reading »
“National populism-lite” is unfolding in Britain. Continue Reading »
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