David Engels
David Engels is chair of Roman History at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and senior analyst at the Instytut Zachodni in Poznań. He is the author of Le Déclin: La crise de l'Union européenne et la chute de la république romaine, analogies historiques. You can find his tweets @DavidEngels12
What the Polish election means
It has major implications for conservatism and left-liberalism in Europe
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
Tomorrow in Poland
“Konfederacja” and PiS are predestined partners in the attempt to protect Poland’s identity and learn from the West’s mistakes
Ongoing lessons from the Battle of Warsaw
After the Miracle at the Vistula, a Miracle at the Oder?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
