You don’t seem to have read my original post. Brexit was of course a disaster, pretty much anyone sentient now realises that, but Britain’s malaise has deeper roots, even if the very notion of malais… (View Post)

This is just declinist copium. That life is better than the exhausted and war-torn Britain of 1945 is just not good enough. I don’t know whether the sick-manism was overblown. Here’s British ambassad… (View Post)

Yes, that was my take. The “good” news, is that there are now a plethora of these pieces and one hopes they signify an evolution in elite consensus which in time will drive improvement. It means slay… (View Post)

This essay is quite good on defining what the hell “woke” actually means. https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/woke-is-a-new-ideology-and-its-proponents (View Post)

Grammar schools performed a valuable function after the war, but they are clearly a retrograde idea in the context of 2022. There are better ways to deliver social mobility and a skilled workforce su… (View Post)