Wading Through Treacle

Peter Turchin has a phrase, the ' overproduction of elites '. "Elite overproduction generally leads to more intra-elite compe...

The roles required for effective governance: the warrior , the priest and the king . The warrior is the enforcer, using charm, gifts and...

A lot of chat, including here , about the prospects of weaselling out of the Brexit vote. The referendum aggregated individual votes acros...

We're recently back from a break in Portugal at Póvoa de Varzim , north of Porto. These holidays are rather exploratory for us - this on...

#TheCatDied    #ShadowPassedOver He'd been off-colour for a week or so, spending much of his time sleeping. On his last day he vanishe...

Many people have said this, but not as well as Ross Douthat in the NYT yesterday. "Now that populist rebellions are taking Britain ...

The Northern Ireland Protestants tended to vote leave , identifying with the English working class. The Northern Ireland Catholics tended t...

I'm watching the Labour shadow cabinet implode this morning with emotional detachment. There was a time, in my twenties, when I was tri...

David Lammy MP has called for Parliament to vote to continue with membership of the EU, pointing out that the Brexit Referendum was advisory...

Question for SNP supporters. You say you don't want to be a satellite country of the English. And I understand that, the history and eve...