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The death of moderate conservatism?”
I interview Charlotte Leslie, one of the most interesting Conservatives around, on how, if Kemi Badenoch had any sense – a big “if,” I grant you – she would hammer Farage for his appeasement of Putin and equivocation on Ukraine
I interview Charlotte Leslie, one of the most interesting Conservatives around, on how, if Kemi Badenoch had any sense – a big “if,” I grant you – she would hammer Farage for his appeasement of Putin and equivocation on Ukraine
The crisis of conservatism: the right turns vicious
The Lowdown with Charlotte Leslie
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January 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The death of moderate conservatism?”
I interview Charlotte Leslie, one of the most interesting Conservatives around, on how, if Kemi Badenoch had any sense – a big “if,” I grant you – she would hammer Farage for his appeasement of Putin and equivocation on Ukraine
I interview Charlotte Leslie, one of the most interesting Conservatives around, on how, if Kemi Badenoch had any sense – a big “if,” I grant you – she would hammer Farage for his appeasement of Putin and equivocation on Ukraine
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Starmer's failure to tell the truth about the Brexit disaster, and his determination to stick with a failed status quo have made him the most unpopular PM since records began.
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
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Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
Starmer’s Brexit cowardice and Britain’s relentless decline
Labour's refusal to tell the truth is killing this country
substacktools.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Starmer's failure to tell the truth about the Brexit disaster, and his determination to stick with a failed status quo have made him the most unpopular PM since records began.
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
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If the government genuinely believes this stat then boy am I confused about what they think the next election is going to look like for them
If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
If the government genuinely believes this stat then boy am I confused about what they think the next election is going to look like for them
Starmer's failure to tell the truth about the Brexit disaster, and his determination to stick with a failed status quo have made him the most unpopular PM since records began.
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
Starmer’s Brexit cowardice and Britain’s relentless decline
Labour's refusal to tell the truth is killing this country
substacktools.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Starmer's failure to tell the truth about the Brexit disaster, and his determination to stick with a failed status quo have made him the most unpopular PM since records began.
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
substacktools.com/sharex/fsJgK...
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Politics and culture from the UK and beyond by Nick Cohen. Click to read Writing from London, by Nick Cohen, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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“Trump: the Putin of the West”
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Venezuela and a world ruled by wolves
Trump is the Putin of the West
comment.press
January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“Trump: the Putin of the West”
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
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Typically hard hitting piece on Trump’s regime change efforts in Venezuela, by @nickcohen.bsky.social
“Trump: the Putin of the West”
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Venezuela and a world ruled by wolves
Trump is the Putin of the West
comment.press
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Typically hard hitting piece on Trump’s regime change efforts in Venezuela, by @nickcohen.bsky.social
“Trump: the Putin of the West”
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Venezuela and a world ruled by wolves
Trump is the Putin of the West
comment.press
January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“Trump: the Putin of the West”
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
Piece from me on how the US cannot justify the attack on Venezuela as a neocon liberal intervention or war on drugs. It’s imperialism, plain and simple – the naked and unashamed lust for power
comment.press/trump030126
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Good Morning and welcome to another episode of regime change by the USA. The US seems to be militarily trying to get rid of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro right now. There are reports of US ground forces in action. However, watch the Cubans too. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The US Is Attempting Regime Change In Venezuela
Watch Cuba
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January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Good Morning and welcome to another episode of regime change by the USA. The US seems to be militarily trying to get rid of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro right now. There are reports of US ground forces in action. However, watch the Cubans too. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Thanks to the monumentally stupid decision to invade Ukraine, Russia is even less of a great power than it was 4 years ago. If your military capacity relies on DPRK and Iran, and you've turned yourself into a dependent of China, you’re not a great power. carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...
With Putin in Charge, Russia’s Vassalage to China Will Only Deepen
Moscow should be looking for ways to correct its course and restore balance in its foreign policy, instead of putting all its eggs in the China basket. But Putin is no pragmatic decision-maker, and th...
carnegieendowment.org
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Thanks to the monumentally stupid decision to invade Ukraine, Russia is even less of a great power than it was 4 years ago. If your military capacity relies on DPRK and Iran, and you've turned yourself into a dependent of China, you’re not a great power. carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...
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1. Russia isn’t winning in Ukraine.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
1. Russia isn’t winning in Ukraine.
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Matt Goodwin: Portrait of a Charlatan
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
Matt Goodwin: Portrait of a Charlatan
How the radical right undermines accountability
comment.press
January 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Matt Goodwin: Portrait of a Charlatan
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
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According to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center’s monitoring, the execution rate in Iran has reached its highest level in thirty years, and is more than twice that of last year.
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
According to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center’s monitoring, the execution rate in Iran has reached its highest level in thirty years, and is more than twice that of last year.
Nine years ago today I gave up alcohol. Good luck to everyone trying to quit in 2026
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Nine years ago today I gave up alcohol. Good luck to everyone trying to quit in 2026
Matt Goodwin: Portrait of a Charlatan
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
Matt Goodwin: Portrait of a Charlatan
How the radical right undermines accountability
comment.press
January 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Matt Goodwin: Portrait of a Charlatan
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
Piece by me on how the radical right’s courtier intellectuals try to turn critics of Farage and Trump into enemies of the people
comment.press/good1126
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This Iranian uprising is different to previous ones. It’s underpinned by a catastrophic economic situation that the government is incapable of solving. Food prices have risen by 70% in a year. Inflation is at 40% and rising. The currency is at its lowest level. People are finding it hard to live.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This Iranian uprising is different to previous ones. It’s underpinned by a catastrophic economic situation that the government is incapable of solving. Food prices have risen by 70% in a year. Inflation is at 40% and rising. The currency is at its lowest level. People are finding it hard to live.
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Iranians are fighting theocracy, Hamas has brought disaster to the Palestinians, Jewish Power plots mass deportations of Arabs, Putin and the Western far right embrace Christianity.
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
Christopher Hitchens and the death of New Atheism
Can it return?
comment.press
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Iranians are fighting theocracy, Hamas has brought disaster to the Palestinians, Jewish Power plots mass deportations of Arabs, Putin and the Western far right embrace Christianity.
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
Iranians are fighting theocracy, Hamas has brought disaster to the Palestinians, Jewish Power plots mass deportations of Arabs, Putin and the Western far right embrace Christianity.
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
Christopher Hitchens and the death of New Atheism
Can it return?
comment.press
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Iranians are fighting theocracy, Hamas has brought disaster to the Palestinians, Jewish Power plots mass deportations of Arabs, Putin and the Western far right embrace Christianity.
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
What happened to the atheist movement that was meant to oppose them all?
comment.press/hitch31
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hSlavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Slavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
(She’s not as nice as she seems)
comment.press
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
hSlavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
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The weird roots of wokeness – holiday read from me on why the politics that comes from US universities seems so strange to traditional left-wingers
comment.press/woke30
comment.press/woke30
The weird roots of wokeness
Why modern leftism feels so strange
comment.press
December 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The weird roots of wokeness – holiday read from me on why the politics that comes from US universities seems so strange to traditional left-wingers
comment.press/woke30
comment.press/woke30
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Parth Patel and Nick Garland essay on national identity and ethnonationalism for @ippr.org
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
Reclaiming Britain: The nation against ethno-nationalism | IPPR
Last summer, after the most widespread racist rioting since 1919, IPPR wrote it was “a testament to progress” that deporting black and brown people living
www.ippr.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Parth Patel and Nick Garland essay on national identity and ethnonationalism for @ippr.org
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
The weird roots of wokeness – holiday read from me on why the politics that comes from US universities seems so strange to traditional left-wingers
comment.press/woke30
comment.press/woke30
The weird roots of wokeness
Why modern leftism feels so strange
comment.press
December 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The weird roots of wokeness – holiday read from me on why the politics that comes from US universities seems so strange to traditional left-wingers
comment.press/woke30
comment.press/woke30
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Reposting to listen to later. I found Jane Austen, the Secret Radical fascinating (and persuasive) and am currently reading up on enclosures, which are a big concern in Emma and which I want to flip on their head for my #WIP version.
hSlavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Slavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
(She’s not as nice as she seems)
comment.press
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Reposting to listen to later. I found Jane Austen, the Secret Radical fascinating (and persuasive) and am currently reading up on enclosures, which are a big concern in Emma and which I want to flip on their head for my #WIP version.
hSlavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Slavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
(She’s not as nice as she seems)
comment.press
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
hSlavery, trad wives and surveillance: The politics of Jane Austen
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
Podcast with Austen scholar Bharat Tandon on why attempts by the alt-right to claim her and by the radical left to denounce her will always fail
tps://comment.press/janeite30
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“Prince” Andrew’s other scandal: How did such a minor royal become so majorly rich?
Holiday read from me (£ but free trial)
comment.press/andy26
Holiday read from me (£ but free trial)
comment.press/andy26
How did "Prince"Andrew get so rich? The other royal scandal
Christmas reads 2/
comment.press
December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“Prince” Andrew’s other scandal: How did such a minor royal become so majorly rich?
Holiday read from me (£ but free trial)
comment.press/andy26
Holiday read from me (£ but free trial)
comment.press/andy26