Tigray
Justin Trudeau’s heartless hypocrisy
Has the Canadian premier’s shameful silence been bought with Tigray gold?
Advancing to Addis
History appears to be repeating itself as Ethiopia’s capital could once again fall to Tigrayan rebels
Inside Ethiopia’s civil wars
Abiy Ahmed has joined the long list of Africa’s “democrats” who became dictators
The pitfalls of protecting beliefs
Parties should have the right to make foolish decisions about what ideas to exclude
Policies Galore!
Scotland has social democratic goodies under the floorboards, so long as the wicked English excise men don’t spoil everything.
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
Trumped up charges
Trump’s guilty verdict is a catastrophe for American public life
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
The grey vote will not save the Tories
Appealing to older voters is failing as an electoral strategy
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
Medical science is oppressive
Illness and wellness are mere taxonomies of power
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