Cianan Sheekey

Oh, Reform. Whose leader is so worried about free speech that he compared the UK to the totalitarian dictatorship of North Korea. Farage must be horrified having to look over his shoulder so much, under constant threat of being silenced; maybe that’s why he spends so much time in America. Well, we can rest easy at least knowing Britain has Reform battling tooth and nail for our free speech rights. Clearly the good fight is nigh, and we are on the cusp of a glorious revolution in political liberty.

Monarchy this, monarchy that. Part of the background noise of British socio-cultural commentary is the age-old debate as to whether we should pull a Charles I and be gone with the lot (figuratively speaking – I’d like to think even the most ardent republicans aren’t clamouring for beheadings). In light of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s recent arrest, that question briefly came back to the fore, before sinking again to the foot of the op-ed pages.

By: Cianan Sheekey From Virgin’s Richard Branson to the sitting President of the United States, there are reams of famous names in the now-infamous Epstein files. Far too many names; in the time these words are written and edited, a raft of further revelations will likely have emerged from behind the parapet. Being named in the files isn’t itself a crime, of course, but it raises damning Watergate-esque questions about conduct in Western institutions.