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Against esoteric Skinnerism
We should not mistake a big personality for meaningful politics
Sep 17 • 
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Tanked
Footnotes to myself
Sep 15 • 
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Will lowering the voting age backfire on Labour?
Paywalled postscript; distributional democracy
Sep 12 • 
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We’ve automated our first MP. Who’s next?
Paywalled Postscript: ChatGPTMP
Sep 8 • 
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Migration is uneconomic growth
When something grows it gets bigger
Sep 5 • 
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Do Reform want more immigration?
Is the party a sheep in wolf's clothing?
Sep 3 • 
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What if they knew?
People underestimate migration by 10 times
Sep 1 • 
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August 2025

Gurkhas, Afghans and Britain's Imperial Hangover
The damaging myth of the “martial races”
Aug 27 • 
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The Tyranny of Tinny TikToks
The Quiet Carriage is turning up the volume
Aug 26 • 
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Push what is falling
Kemi Badenoch has failed. Time to move on
Aug 25 • 
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Labour’s Andrew Tate attack ad won’t hurt Farage
Paywalled postscript: unsubstantiated and unseemly smears
Aug 22 • 
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Did Essex Police ‘bus in’ counter-protesters?
Another in the series of interchangeable riots
Aug 20 • 
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