Covid-19

Boris Johnson did not impose lockdown in March. He is imposing it now, moment to moment. And moment to moment the resulting spiritual and psychological harms are being reinforced as…

Last week Professor Neil Ferguson, who resigned from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) after it was revealed he broke lockdown rules by meeting with his married lover, said…

Confirmation on Friday that the Government had formally told the EU that it would not extend the transition period beyond the end of 2020 was very welcome news. It has…

Last week we saw the near full return of our elected representatives. However, it was far from a triumphant affair. We were treated to the spectacle of MPs standing in…

The late Roger Scruton used to say that he had spent his entire career attempting to define what “conservatism” is, and that the attempts had been largely unsuccessful. He was…

First published on Comment Central Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once coined the phrase “a diamond is a lump of coal that did well under pressure”. When reading an…

Last week, the ONS figures for April came in. They were, to put an inadequate word to the crisis, terrible. We now have the highest level of unemployment claimants for…

The Western Balkans has never triumphed without strategic clarity from Europe. After the culmination of the Kosovan war, EU leaders and the Western Balkan states met at a summit, in…

Coronavirus was a hard blow to Brazilian society. Our country was in the middle of several reforms, each attempting to help the country recover from decades of left-wing rule which…

The Coronavirus crisis has presented the world economy with a massive adverse exogenous shock that has required extraordinary measures. These so far have been about putting the economy to sleep…