Category Archives: UK politics

Reading list

Posted on January 14, 2018 by clivedav184z

Advice from Niall Ferguson in a Q&A with the New York Times: If you could require the American president to read one book, what would it be? And the prime minister? I agree with you that it would be wonderful … Continue reading →

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Over-heated

Posted on May 17, 2017 by clivedav184z

Is Europe really committing suicide? The reasonable arguments in  Douglas Murray’s polemic about Islamism and immigration are undermined by ultra-Powellite rhetoric. My review in The Times: Anyone who has seen Murray — a gay, Old Etonian associate editor of The … Continue reading →

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Article 50

Posted on March 29, 2017 by clivedav184z

Twitter is a Brexit battleground today. I thought I’d feel more passionate one way or the other about the milestone we’ve just passed. Instead I’m just impatient for the whole process to start. I’ve already explained how I voted Remain … Continue reading →

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Castes

Posted on November 30, 2016 by clivedav184z

A trip to Birmingham to make a TV programme about people’s attitudes to Brexit leaves Adrian Chiles pondering the question of social cohesion, or the lack of it. From his column in the RSA’s house journal, which doesn’t seem to … Continue reading →

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Out of the shadows

Posted on November 20, 2016 by clivedav184z

An intriguing book that sometimes tries too hard. My Times review of David Olusoga’s “Black and British: A Forgotten History” For all the fascinating material that it unearths, Black and British is not always an easy read. In his introduction … Continue reading →

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The candidate 

Posted on November 8, 2016 by clivedav184z
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Jeremy Corbyn is winning on Facebook

Posted on July 27, 2016 by clivedav184z

He may not be doing so well with real voters, but it’s a different story on the Internet. Helen Lewis on a virtual reality revolution: We talk about the “Westminster bubble” but we should talk about the “Facebook bubble”, too. Most … Continue reading →

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A bad case of groupthink

Posted on July 15, 2016 by clivedav184z

Frank Furedi on academia’s response to the referendum result: At the end of the conference, a Dutch colleague who knows that I voted Leave calls me aside and whispers: “I agree with you on Brexit.” When I ask her why … Continue reading →

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Her local paper

Posted on July 14, 2016 by clivedav184z

Front page news, naturally. (Don’t read anything sinister into the divorce lawyer advertisement underneath: it’s always there.)

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Politicians, Twitter & the “sneerocracy”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by clivedav184z

Is Jeremy Corbyn an antisemite? Was Boris Johnson being racist when he mentioned Obama’s Kenyan heritage in that Sun article? I’m not convinced about either case. To be honest, I wasn’t even outraged by that infamous poster of refugees that … Continue reading →

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