Circulation of elites

Happy Brexit Year: control the language, control the argument

December 31, 2018
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"An ennui hangs over British politics and the prime minister is depending on it", wrote Matthew Parris in the Times a few days ago. "Like a thin, wearisome fog it does not quite obscure but it blurs and greys, softening…

Bishop of Chester urges sound money – guaranteed by Budget quango

March 16, 2017
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The Rt Rev'd Dr Peter Forster is a sound bishop. Having shredded the environmentalist papal encyclical Laudato Si' ("shrill.. naive.. unclear.. unconvincing.. exaggerated scaremong"), his has turned his mitre to…

Would the appointment of Bishop Martyn Percy offer remedy against Justin Welby’s asserted theological ignorance?

November 14, 2016
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Here follows Adrian Hilton's response to Martyn Percy's second letter on 'Renewal & Reform' (R&R) and the ministry and leadership of Justin Welby: Dear Martyn, Thank you for your letter.…

Vote Leave: take control. Believe in Britain, or bow down to Brussels

June 23, 2016
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The debates are done: the hour is come. EU Referendum Day 2016 is here. Like the Church of England, this blog is impeccably neutral on the matter: it is…

Donald Trump: the triumph of political incorrectness over incorrect politicalness

May 4, 2016
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Unless the GOP does something silly – like steal the nomination in a contested convention by engineering a last-minute coup – it looks as though Donald Trump will be…

Peter Mandelson plots to subvert democracy: the arrogance of the political elite

August 17, 2015
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When the Italian social scientist Vilfredo Pareto observed the political revolutions and machinations by which presidents are overthrown and regimes fall and rise, he coined a phrase which has…