John Wilson Foster
John Wilson Foster is a Canadian and Irish writer and scholar.
Hypocrisy: the crack beneath Ireland’s craic
The “neutral” Republic relies on NATO while lecturing the world on human rights
Pretendians and the crisis of the self
Why are people manufacturing indigenous heritage?
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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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
