Jonas Balkus
Jonas Balkus is a writer and an alumnus of Oxford’s MPhil in International Relations. He tweets at @Jonas_Balkus
Don’t fall for the Oxbridge Master’s
For all the hype, it can be of minor significance
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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
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
