The West is turning strongly anti-immigration. This feels, to me, not just a reaction to stagnant wages, but also a reflection of the extremely high rates of migration we’ve seen over past generation… (View Post)

This is a humdinger of a thread, about why Brits don’t “get” Trump. An all-time classic. https://x.com/tarquin_helmet/status/1756059069113065735?s=46&t=L9g_woCIqbo1MTuBFCK0xg (View Post)

I think, Michael Gove, you might have realised this about 15 years ago. Cretin. (View Post)

@Sean_F was musing yesterday about whether the US doesn’t have many of the same issues as the UK. In part. From John Murdoch in the FT - We tend to talk about the decline in young adults’ home owners… (View Post)

I don’t find Kemi “not-British”. She’s married to a Scotsman, and she’s not really part of this globally transient cosmopolitan class. I personally find her more British than Sunak, who gives every s… (View Post)