South Korea
Capitalism 1, Big Government 0
South Korea did testing as we have done food — giving the market its head
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
A bad man writes a worse book
Alastair Campbell’s new book is beneath the level of the bargain bin
No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy
Will Labour build back better?
The most conspicuous monuments of the last decade are the vast online shopping warehouses
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
The paranoid style in British centrism
Disinformation journalists? The call is coming from inside the house