Why Nations Fail may be the best book I have read this year, so I was absolutely delighted when both of the authors agreed to speak to me on my podcast! This is the first of these interviews, with Professor James A. Robinson. The main idea that I took from the book was…
Category: UK
Time To Change Track
This article was originally posted at – https://99-percent.org/time-to-change-track/ The UK is a rich country with a proud democratic tradition. We have produced some of the world’s greatest scientists and a number of world-leading companies. We are strong in the Arts and our sporting heroes are world-class. Many of us have been (generally) proud…
Chatter #189 – Calvin Robinson On Vaccine Passports, Critical Race Theory, And Politics In 2021
Calvin Robinson is a British conservative political commentator, policy advisor and campaigner who is a senior fellow at Policy Exchange. Robinson is a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail and regularly appears on Talk Radio and GB News. Resources https://mobile.twitter.com/calvinrobinson https://www.calvinrobinson.org https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/outsiders/nhs-splashing-money-on-identity-politics-calvin-robinson/video/2cb333cc3e1c84f0a9d210810e4a1b88 HELP ME CROWDFUND MY GAMESTOP BOOK. Go…
Chatter #188 Paul Mason – On Fascism, Authoritarianism, And The Polarisation Of Politics
Paul Mason is a journalist, writer and film-maker. His latest book How To Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance describes the rise of the modern far-right, its colonisation of conservatism and right-wing populism, and the danger it poses amid the wider process of democratic decay. It argues that, faced with the danger of a…
Malice in Plunderland – a New Kind of Government?
This article was originally posted on 99-percent.org. In British politics, the Left is traditionally associated with ‘big state’ policies and Right with ‘small state’ policies. Recently, several commentators have suggested that Prime Minister Johnson is pioneering a new kind of ‘big state, one nation Conservatism’ – and in effect stealing Labour’s clothes. For…
Corruption? In the UK?
This article was originally posted on 99percent.org. We are all aware that in some countries – like Somalia, Venezuela and Afghanistan – corruption is endemic and hugely damaging. As Robert Zoellick, former President of the World Bank put it, “Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral…
