We should replace the Royal Family with a series of cuddly mascots elected by the children. Continue reading →

The religious battles of the 2000s in the USA backfired spectacularly and any victories were pyrrhic and temporary. Continue reading →

My ideal model for immigration is a potluck dinner. Continue reading →

We should ask “What’s the best way to solve this particular policy problem?”. Continue reading →

The marvellous David Olusoga is going to interview Obama on Wednesday. I have a burning question that I’d like him to ask. Continue reading →

One day, the tyranny of the motor car over our towns and cities will come to an end.  Continue reading →

Choose your metaphors carefully. Brexit is like a game of tiddlywinks We played a game two and a half years ago and you lost. That’s why you want another game. Then what? Best of three? But you cheated last time! … Continue reading →

The hardest thing to bear in all of this is that no one is allowed to tell the truth: not May, not Corbyn, not the People’s Vote People, not the Daily Mail, not the BBC, not even the Guardian editorial … Continue reading →

It’s over a hundred years since World War One. Everyone involved is dead. Continue reading →

The core idea is sound. According to the author of The Three Languages of Politics, there are three separate buckets of political thinking in the USA: a libertarian bucket, a progressive bucket and a conservative bucket. For each bucket, there … Continue reading →