Archive - The Potemkin Village Idiot

Don’t trust Labour on defence

Britain must start, unsteadily, to stand alone.

Mar 15 •

A Customs lawyer's encounter with the bushmeat trade

A guest article by Angelo Basu

Mar 13 •

How Britain's intelligence failures led to domestic Jihadism

Mar 11 •

Understanding DOGE

The Blob can’t stop what’s coming; it’s already here.

Mar 9 •

Real postliberalism starts in pubs

The state cannot be the source of community attachments and affection

Mar 7 •

A revolution betrayed

The 2019 Government

Mar 5 •

What's behind Labour's farm inheritance tax raid?

Corporatizing the countryside & farmers don't vote Labour

Mar 3 •

On Weber, lawyers and Labour's growth plans

Words are not as good as deeds

Mar 1 •

February 2025

Caesar at Alexander's tomb

A fabula togata

Feb 27 •

An institutional level of right wing politics, part two

Feb 26 •

Napoleonic Government

An institutional level of right wing politics, part 1

Feb 24 •

What's the Latin for Deep State?

Feb 23 •

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