Writing from London

The rise of ethnic minority leaders in the Conservative party is one of the most optimistic developments in modern Britain Contrary to stereotypes about Britain being an irredeemably racist society, they have flourished in the main party of the right. Rishi Sunak was the UK’s first ethnic minority prime minister. He was a Conservative – of course he was. Labour has yet to have a woman leader let alone a leader from a minority. It has always been led by white men.

Photo by Gama. Films on Unsplash This updated piece is for paying subscribers. I need to say that, if you sign up for an annual subscription, you will receive access to all articles, archives, and debates at a cost of £1.15 ($1.40) a week, which is a pretty good deal, even if I do say so myself. Not before time, leaders of the American middle-class left are recognising the importance of plain English.

[CREDIT: Wiki Commons] Because they are such a menace, I try to keep posts on Trump and Putin free for readers on low incomes. If you can afford to support my journalism, however, please consider becoming a subscriber. If America declines as a great power, if the system of alliances that sustained Europe and Asia falls, we can blame simple conservative ideas that have run out of control.

My guest Jo-Ann Mort is at the centre of the debates tearing through the West about Israel. On the one hand, she is a founder member of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose supporters have profited so greatly from anger at the Netanyahu government and at the power of pro-Israel lobby groups in the US. She is in a perfect position to describe the collapse in support for Israel among American voters and, indeed, among America’s largely liberal Jewish community.

Still from The Baader Meinhof Complex If you enjoy my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber On Wednesday a member of the English radical middle class with the unimprovable name of “Eleanora Sophie Folan” joined the Green Party’s governing council. Folan is a socialist and maybe even a communist – she appears under the social media handle of “Stats for Lefties” and promises “election analysis from a progressive, Marxist perspective” Actual Marxism, that is.

Alec Guinness as George Smiley in the BBC’s adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy This piece is for paying subscribers, and so I need to say that, if you sign up for an annual subscription, you receive access to all articles, archives, and debates at a cost of £1.15 ($1.40) a week. We should never lose our capacity for shock.

This piece is for paying subscribers, and so I need to say that, if you sign up for an annual subscription, you receive access to all articles, archives, and debates at a cost of £1.15 ($1.40) a week. Photo by Mike Bravo on Unsplash This piece is for paying subscribers, and so I need to say that, if you sign up for an annual subscription, you receive access to all articles, archives, and debates at a cost of £1.15 ($1.40) a week.

This piece is for paying subscribers, and so I need to say that, if you sign up for an annual subscription, you receive access to all articles, archives, and debates at a cost of £1.15 ($1.40) a week. While I am on my summer travels, I am updating pieces that have a fresh relevance today. This morning we learn that Donald Trump is outraged that the BBC is daring to defy him. He expected the BBC to roll over and pay him off – as so many US institutions have paid him off.

Jason Arday in 2024 before his world fell apart [] This piece is for paying subscribers, and so I need to say that, if you sign up for an annual subscription, you receive access to all articles, archives, and debates at a cost of £1.40 ($1.15) a week. While I am away on my travels, I am updating pieces that have a contemporary relevance. Today I look at the origins of wokeness. The awful death of Jason Arday shows that they could not be more relevant.

Mantel shows Thomas More as a tortured fanatic rather than a heroic Catholic martyr As the news this morning is that Nigel Farage is not going to vanish into the dustbin of history, here is my account of how the rise of the know-nothing right persuaded one of England’s greatest novelists to change her view of the country she mythologised. By the end of her life, Hilary Mantel wanted only to leave England behind and return to her Irish roots.