Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty is a former army officer, late of the Yorkshire Regiment, with operational tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now works in finance. @BenObeseJecty
BLM racists don’t speak for me
How have racial slurs become progressive politics?
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Defend the arts … before it’s too late
It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK