Elisabeth Dampier
Elisabeth Dampier is an ex-TV journalist living in Germany. She tweets at @e_dampier
Is there a secret plot against AfD politicians?
Conspiracy theories flourish in a culture of anti-democratic censorship and authoritarianism
The German gravy train
Politicians in Germany are demanding more from the electorate while expecting more for themselves
No winners in Germany
No party met their own expectations, but a Grand Coalition might not work this time
The fall of the German firewall
The establishment cannot continue to prioritise keeping out the AfD
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
