The nation-state is here to stay | Dan Mikhaylov
What matters is that the nation-state is clearly alive and well, as evidenced by its resurgences across Europe and the entrenched positions this political modus operandi enjoys in China and India, arguably the future leaders of our world. Whether its viability stems from its deeper psychological meaning, its system of fairer competition and communitarian redistribution, or the popular desire to socialise, it is highly likely that its relevance vis-à-vis globalism and multiculturalism will only be reinforced in due course.
In praise of the landed gentry | Cornelius Christian
It is better, instead, for our elite to be tied to the ground from whence they came. An earl with hectares of farmland must deal amicably with those under his patronage. He is known in the countryside by name, and the common good dictates that he ensure his tenants’ wellbeing: otherwise, his family name is soiled into disrepute.
The precarious case of conservative political identity in civic life and culture wars | Luke Doherty
Whilst we can subscribe to partisan policies and support a specific direction of travel; and be a loyal and committed acolyte to a charismatic leader, there are more profound factors that contribute to one’s political identity than the mere product of pragmatism and lack of ideological commitment. This is especially true for the conservative. Conservatism is more than just a particular economic disposition, it is an instinct deep within an individual who, recognizing that what we have collectively received is good, wishes to conserve it and defend it from harm or desecration.
The illegal immigration crisis on the Channel and the action it requires | Dan Mikhaylov
This year, an equivalent of the population of Lossiemouth will arrive on Britain’s shores illegally. No matter how one perceives Nigel Farage’s recent exposure of asylum seekers being consistently lodged in four-star hotels, it is unsettling that some of those prospective applicants arrive by illicit means and could pose not just an economic and national security threat, but also a sanitary one given the COVID-19 pandemic. Worse still, these individuals are more often than not accommodated in British communities without those communities’ assent to this practice.
Rome burns, put down your fiddle | Sam Hall
We have an innate tendency towards creation. We are God’s chosen species, made in his image, and therefore at some level also have the capability to create. Not merely for function- to keep us sheltered from the elements, well-fed and watered- but to go beyond, to create a civilisation… This tendency for beauty and creation is all too often overridden by a desire to destroy.
Britain’s long campaign against slavery | Dominic Lawson
The murder of a man five thousand miles away has prompted anger. But elements within our own population have seized upon it for political purposes. This is intended to demoralise the British people into being ashamed of their history. One key aspect of this has been the role of the British empire in the African slave trade. Weaved into a grand narrative which, alongside empire, posits that the British people are uniquely contaminated with a form of secular original sin.
‘Defund the Police’? | Sam Hall
So let’s spell it out: poor people can’t afford private security like rich people can. Rich private security companies will profit where the police fall. Eventually, the left will demand private security for all. Otherwise known as the Police. In the meantime, it will be the poorest in society who suffer as social workers and psychologists are left to pick up the pieces. This is just another case of leftist intellectual elitism.
‘A National Union of Apprentices’ is the answer to educational funneling | Alex Brown
So let us offer every young person a meaningful job, a wealth of knowledge and experience. But most importantly, take the emphasis away from university and move the status quo towards a ‘National Union of Apprentices’ so that we are creating generation after generation of hard skills instead of streamlining people into university when they don’t thrive there. If you're going to any join a union, join the NUA.
Time for Britain to double down on law enforcement | Dan Mikhaylov
The previous weeks’ newsworthy events signalled pessimism. The heinous antisocial behaviour, vandalism and destruction under the name of Black Lives Matter provides yet another example of how an opulent, orderly society easily descends into endogenous chaos. However, recently we might have just hit a new low… Our solutions to such problems cannot merely be of harsher sentences, but must address sicknesses at the centre of our society.