The crisis of neoliberal capitalism | Sam Hall
The socially conservative right, therefore, must stand unbowed in our defence of communal good arising yes from capitalism- but not from leaving human beings to the mercy of neoliberalism. To proclaim that whilst material goods can help life satisfaction, at its core remains the stable family unit with at least one working parent, and children that are consequently able to obtain the basic qualifications and life experience to themselves stay out of prison, poverty and provide for their families. Capitalism now is making society desperately unhappy- how can this change?
Social liberalism, fiscal “conservatism” | Sam George
Since the Conservative Party’s successful reelection in 2010, the last decade has been steeped in a mire of promises surrounding the creation of a liberal society with a conservative budget… Against the promises to eliminate the deficit - it has grown; against the promises to balance the books - they have distanced further; against the promises to organise the budget - it is yet more chaotic. That is part of the reasoning behind a growing interest in social, as well as economic, conservatism.
How Britain could hold the key to the Caucasian impasse | Dan Mikhaylov
The Nagorno-Karabakh crisis is a complex geopolitical impasse, solving which necessitates strong willpower from Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as productive, rather than destabilising, inputs of the world’s powerful states… Britain itself may contribute to these peace-brokering initiatives, extrapolating the takeaways from the Good Friday Agreement to tackling this dispute. Thus, we shall strike the optimal balance between acting morally and pragmatically.
The electibility of social conservatism: a viable force in British politics | Luke Doherty
The political climate in Britain is ready and waiting for a sound conservatism that will challenge and repeal liberal-leftism, rather secretly tolerate and accommodate it. Now is the time to make the case for social conservatism. it has to be offered as a sensible choice for ordinary people.
The Palace of Westminster demonstrates that historical tradition serves a purpose | Sam Hall
Westminster Hall for example, was built in 1097 under King William II using techniques that challenge our historical conceptions of what was architecturally possible at the time. The Parliamentary Estate therefore is a museum unto itself, with features that pre-date most modern countries. Yet it is also a modern working environment (save for the lack of air conditioning which renders everywhere but the green benches uncomfortable hot at times. You cannot really open a window!) for the hundreds of MPs, Lords, their staff and the many that support them, from armed police officers to the gift shop manager
Abortion - an inconsistency about innate human worth | Alexander Ruggles
So any acceptance of the aforementioned scientific fact that life begins at conception and the recognition of the moral truth of human life having innate worth underlines that abortion both violates and is inconsistent with an individual’s inherent right to life. Their dependency, rather than being a reason to infringe on their basic human right to life, should instead be seen to create a moral responsibility for other individuals to safeguard, protect, and uphold that individual's absolute right to life from its very conception.
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.
British history is world history - how do we teach it to empower all communities while respecting their sufferings? | Sam Hall
Let us celebrate the Churchills, the Kents and the Gurungs of this world. But to do so we must desegregate history… British History is not the exclusive preserve of white people any more than our island home is. These rolling hills, these pastures green, these lakes and derelict mills stand on a tapestry that all can enjoy and call their home. Neither Black Lives Matter nor All Lives Matter, but All British History Matters.
An updated Britishness must retain the past | Dan Mikhaylov
Respectful of their nation’s substantial cultural legacy, Britons are among those who give plentiful store by tradition. Many are enamoured with their forebears' idiosyncratic sport – cricket – and the dynamic pub culture continues to characterise the local experience, even though 13,000 pubs have vanished from the face of the United Kingdom since 2000.