Britain’s Constitutional Crisis
by Paul YowellThe U.K. Supreme Court is importing American-style political litigation—attempting to use the courts to win victories that are properly won only through political action. Continue Reading »
The Judicial Usurpation of Parliament
by Peter HitchensParliament can look after itself when faced with a tricky prime minister, and doesn’t need lawyers or courts to do so. Continue Reading »
Boris Johnson's Challenge
by Carl R. TruemanCan Boris Johnson achieve Brexit? And can he do so without destroying his own party as a political force? Continue Reading »
Why I Became Muslim
by Jacob WilliamsGrowing up in twenty-first-century Britain, I was often struck by a feeling of anomie. Around the time I was born, John Major tried to evoke a vanished past by conjuring “long shadows on county grounds” and “old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist.” As for my . . . . Continue Reading »
Britain's Identity Crisis
by John William SullivanAn enormous political realignment is afoot, sidelining Britain’s cosmopolitan and liberal elite Continue Reading »
Specter of the Beatitudes
by Eve TushnetWorkers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain edited by michael rosen princeton, 328 pages, $19.95 When I was a girl, I had a picture book, The Day the Fairies Went on Strike. This 1981 confection by Linda Briskin and Maureen FitzGerald, with . . . . Continue Reading »
Decline and Fall of the BBC
by Peter HitchensThe British Broadcasting Corporation is not what it officially claims that it is. Continue Reading »
Bleeding for Britain
by Peter HitchensIn Britain it is still rather enjoyable to donate a pint of blood. Continue Reading »
An Empty Parliament
by Peter HitchensThe architecture of the Palace of Westminster, which once seemed to dignify the business of the place, has been diminished by the Parliament inside it. Continue Reading »
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