Europe

The conservative case for Brexit is unimpeachable, but has the Covid-19 crisis shown that the UK public has lost the ability to make it work? Let us take those in…

Fifteen years ago, it seemed to us that Lithuania had reached the end of its history, as we sailed into the harbour of the European Union’s welfare and NATO’s security,…

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…

Last week we witnessed the funeral of George Floyd. His shocking and heartbreaking murder in Minneapolis on May 25th has ignited the campaign against racism with public outcry and protest…

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…

Watching EU Brexit negotiator M. Barnier handle the press these days is neither an uplifting experience, nor is it an agreeable one. But it is, perhaps, an understandable one. Since…

We are presently witnessing the converging effects of three seminal achievements of the British government of 36 years ago. Taken together they point to a dystopian not-so-distant future the important…

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…