Our newly elected prime minister Boris Johnson is infamous for finding it difficult to tell the truth. The general election campaign was littered with untruths...
Even among those who welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on the prorogation of parliament, there has been concern that the Court has entered into d...
‘Gastronationalism’ is the idea that there are distinctive and authentic national food cultures that are threatened by the forces of globalisation. It is a myt...
As Brexit Britain attempts to recalibrate its relationship with Europe, there has been a whirlwind of mythmaking concerning the history of Britain and Europe, ...
Since the 2016 referendum and the ongoing debates about the terms of Brexit, the fast food industry has emerged as one of the major battlegrounds of the EU wit...
In 2019 some 80 per cent of the UK live not at the heart of big cities, but in the suburbs bordering our metropolises. The suburbs are of great psephological s...
With a further extension of Brexit deadline day now on the table, the future for Northern Ireland – and the Irish Backstop – appears increasingly uncertain. Pa...
Britain’s new prime minster, Boris Johnson, berates opponents of Brexit for being gloomy pessimists, unwilling to embrace the golden age that automatically awa...
Watching the Conservative leadership campaign would be an
entertaining spectator sport, were it not that the winner will be prime
minister, even if briefly. Th...
Social media are blamed for almost everything
that is wrong with democracy.
Facebook, twitter and other platforms are held
responsible for pollution of the...
Last year was the centenary of the 1918 Act which introduced universal suffrage for all male citizens over twenty‐one and all female citizens over thirty. Wome...
Last month the US Department
of Justice published Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s report on his
investigation into Russian interference in the country’s 20...
