Welfare State Expansionism: A Department For Every Sorrow
Welfare State Expansionism: A Department For Every Sorrow | Every Need Is A Future Minister With A Leaflet
Category: Governance
The British Countryside: Agricultural Policy, Land Ownership, the NFU, Rewilding, and the Politics of Who Owns England
The British Countryside: Agricultural Policy, Land Ownership, the NFU, Rewilding, and the Politics of Who Owns England | The Basic Payment Scheme, ELMS, Tenant Farmers, and the Question of What the British Countryside Is Actually For
The British Charity Sector: Voluntary Action, Professional Management, Government Contracts, and the Question of Whether the Third Sector Has Lost Its Voice
The British Charity Sector: Voluntary Action, Professional Management, Government Contracts, and the Question of Whether the Third Sector Has Lost Its Voice | Charitable Status, the Charity Commission, Government Funding Dependence, Chief Executive Pay, Oxfam Scandals, and the Boundary Between Civil Society and the State
Brexit and Its Constitutional Consequences: The Gift That Keeps on Generating Litigation
Brexit and Its Constitutional Consequences: The Gift That Keeps on Generating Litigation | How Leaving the EU Revealed Everything the British Constitution Had Been Quietly Assuming for Forty-Seven Years
Thatcherite Market Liberalism: There Is No Alternative
Thatcherite Market Liberalism: There Is No Alternative | Big Bang, Right To Buy, And A Very Strong Handbag
London Commuters Begin Romanticising Plague Era
London Commuters Begin Romanticising Plague Era Due to Lower Rail Fares Five Observations on the UK Rail Fare Crisis London commuters now speak about affordable transport the way medieval peasants spoke about miracles. The average UK train ticket currently costs slightly less than replacing a kidney privately. Britons trapped on delayed trains increasingly form emotional support groups near Pret A Manger kiosks. Rail companies continue apologising for delays using language…
Green New Deal: In Love With Insulation
Green New Deal: In Love With Insulation | Heat Pumps, Just Transition, A Tote Bag Of Grief
Feudal Revivalism: A Baron Of The M40
Feudal Revivalism: A Baron Of The M40 | Working Better Before Postcodes, Maypoles Are Back
NHS Waiting List Now Visible From International Space Station
NHS Waiting List Now Visible From International Space Station Five Observations on the NHS Backlog Crisis NHS waiting times are now measured in geological eras rather than months. Britons increasingly include “successful GP appointment” on vision boards. Some patients reportedly age into new medical categories while waiting for consultations. Hospital parking fees now cost more than medieval horse stabling. One London man received two birthday cards and a hip replacement…
London Social Services Now Held Together by Heroic Underpaid Staff
London Social Services Now Held Together by Heroic Underpaid Staff | Workers perform daily miracles on budgets last increased in living memory
Free Market Moderation: Trust The FT By Lunchtime
Free Market Moderation: Trust The FT By Lunchtime | Markets Are Like Horses, Lovely And Disobedient
Climate, Technology, and the Future State: Governing Problems That the Twentieth Century Did Not Design the State to Handle
Climate, Technology, and the Future State: Governing Problems That the Twentieth Century Did Not Design the State to Handle | Net Zero, Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Digital Identity, and the Constitutional Questions That Haven’t Arrived in the Textbooks Yet
Pro-Business Conservatism: Awaiting The Chancellor’s Lunch
Pro-Business Conservatism: Awaiting The Chancellor’s Lunch | Whatever Is Good For The FTSE Is Good For Tea
Scottish Independence: The Constitutional Question Britain Is Pretending Has Been Answered
Scottish Independence: The Constitutional Question Britain Is Pretending Has Been Answered | From 2014’s ‘Once in a Generation’ Vote to the Ongoing Argument About When Once in a Generation Actually Is
The Lords as Revising Chamber: Case Studies in How the Unelected House Does Its Most Useful Work
The Lords as Revising Chamber: Case Studies in How the Unelected House Does Its Most Useful Work | The Welfare Reform Bill, the Internal Market Bill, the Counter-Terrorism Bill, and the Specific Moments When Lords Amendments Changed Law for the Better
The British Class System: The Hierarchy That Officially Doesn’t Exist and Runs Everything
The British Class System: The Hierarchy That Officially Doesn’t Exist and Runs Everything | Accents, Oxbridge, the Old Boy Network, Private Schools, and the Remarkable Persistence of Privilege in a Meritocracy
Traditional Values Conservatism: Sunday Lunch As Constitution
Traditional Values Conservatism: Sunday Lunch As Constitution | Family, Faith, And Suspicion Of Anything After 1985
Strengthening Parliamentary Scrutiny: The Committees, Reforms, and Persistent Resistance That Have Made Parliament More Accountable and Still Not Accountable Enough
Strengthening Parliamentary Scrutiny: The Committees, Reforms, and Persistent Resistance That Have Made Parliament More Accountable and Still Not Accountable Enough | The Wright Committee Reforms, Select Committee Elections, Pre-Legislative Scrutiny, Public Bill Committees, Delegated Legislation and Its Inadequate Oversight, and the Gap Between What Parliament Should Do and What It Does
Anarcho-Capitalist Lean: The State As Expensive Landlord
Anarcho-Capitalist Lean: The State As Expensive Landlord | Police By Subscription, Crypto By Conviction
The British Spy State: MI5, MI6, GCHQ, and the Democratic Accountability of Organisations Whose Work Is Secret by Definition
The British Spy State: MI5, MI6, GCHQ, and the Democratic Accountability of Organisations Whose Work Is Secret by Definition | The Intelligence Agencies, Parliamentary Oversight, the Intelligence and Security Committee, Rendition, the Snowden Revelations, and the Governance of Secrets
Neo-Marxist Academic Left: The Footnote Will See You Now
Neo-Marxist Academic Left: The Footnote Will See You Now | Late Capitalism Is Late For The Special Issue
Five Eyes: The Intelligence Alliance That Is Britain’s Most Valuable Security Relationship and Its Most Constitutionally Invisible
Five Eyes: The Intelligence Alliance That Is Britain’s Most Valuable Security Relationship and Its Most Constitutionally Invisible | UKUSA Agreement, GCHQ’s Role, Signals Intelligence Sharing, the Snowden Revelations, Parliamentary Oversight Gaps, and the Alliance That Predates NATO and Outlasted the Cold War
Anti-Modernist Conservatism: Glass Facades Are A Confession
Anti-Modernist Conservatism: Glass Facades Are A Confession | Built Since 1965, Built Wrong
King Charles Encourages National Unity
King Charles Encourages National Unity While Britain Argues Over Parking Apps and Oat Milk Five Observations on Britain’s Daily Administrative Suffering Britain now experiences constitutional crises over QR-code parking systems. Oat milk debates in London cafés have become more aggressive than Brexit referendums. The monarchy increasingly resembles a calm uncle trying to stop cousins fighting at Christmas dinner. Royal speeches now compete with TikTok outrage videos filmed beside bins. One…
Trotskyist Global Revolution: Seven Splits And A Newsletter
Trotskyist Global Revolution: Seven Splits And A Newsletter | Permanent Revolution Begins With A Saturday Paper Sale
Britain Holds Local Elections
Britain Holds Local Elections While Nation Quietly Searches “Can You Return A Prime Minister Without Receipt?” Keir Starmer Discovers The British Public Treats Prime Ministers Like Temporary Wi-Fi Passwords LONDON — Britain headed to the polls Thursday in what experts called “local elections,” despite every voter clearly treating them as a national emotional breakdown with ballot papers. Across England, Scotland, and Wales, nearly 5,000 council seats were contested in elections…
Centre-Left Reformism: In Love With The Word Incremental
Centre-Left Reformism: In Love With The Word Incremental | Tasteful Change, Costed In Twelve-Year Phases
Globalist Social Liberalism: Davos Is Secular Christmas
Globalist Social Liberalism: Davos Is Secular Christmas | Borders Are A Misunderstanding, Currencies Are A Hobby
Traditionalist Reactionary: Sherry And Scruton
Traditionalist Reactionary: Sherry And Scruton | The Modern World Is A Clerical Error
Anti-Democratic Right: One Person, One Essay
Anti-Democratic Right: One Person, One Essay | The Franchise Should Pass A Driving Test