Pardogatto Progressivism
The switch in radicalism from left to right is the key challenge of our age
Political Calculus
A Substack on the connections between politics and the economy from the author of Why Politics Fails.
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Donald Trump's Calendar of Chaos
A monthly cycle of inevitable consequences
The Apprentice's Sorcerer
Or I how I learned to start worrying and love Claude Code
My Minneapolis
An ode to a city that knows who it is
Bloc Parties
In a world of bloc politics, what's a good offensive strategy?
Odd Ones Out
Mapping Britain's social values and the marginalisation of the 'anti-woke'
Labour at the Margin...
...of survival
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
Select and Respect
How to create a UK immigration policy that can command public support
Migration Policy through a Glass, Darkly
What public opinion tells us and doesn't tell us about British migration policy
Who Counts?
The increasing extremism in British commentary about race
The Art of Not Taking the Deal
From TACO to TOSTADA
Don't Make Plans for Nigel
At least just yet...
Labour is Learning the Wrong Lessons
Centre-left incumbents are staying in power by aggressively pushing back on populists, not by aping them
The (Non)Gamification of Real Life
What if you can't actually hack your way to social status?
Donald Trump's Anti-Leviathan
What if we abandoned the social contract for the state of nature?
Simple
Or perhaps not
For my enemies, no law
Not every court case is lawfare - the mainstream needs to buck up
FADFO
A lot of people have a 'need for chaos', as long as there's no chaos
Twilight of the Populists?
Perhaps it's possible that, despite it all, we have reached peak populism