Society

We have ended up with the least competent government possible to steer us through the decline of industrial civilisation

In an unravelling economy, one person’s tax increase must be another person’s price cut, and vice versa.

Put simply, without the communications systems which allowed it to grow, government will unravel

Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Grenfell, and King Charles’s visit to Southport are examples of a long survival strategy.

Since 2005 – and especially since the 2008 crash – the ability of the UK state to buy off the mass of the population has been diminishing.

In a sane world, the prime minister would be able to bring in experts from outside parliament to either take over or at least support key ministries such as energy, health, and transport...

The betrayal is all the greater because of the false promises made to millions of former Labour voters who lent their votes to Boris Johnson in 2019

Increasing numbers – particularly younger generations – are coming to understand that the entire system is rotten.

The role of establishment media is not to educate and inform (and the entertainment is pretty shit these days too).

The very last thing Sunak needed to do was invite the comparison between the Tories and a sinking ship.