David Loyn
David Loyn is author of The Long War: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan since 9/11 (St Martin’s Press, 2021). He tweets at @DavidLoyn
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired