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“Hermer’s institutionalism is actually not so far from Schmitt’s: a sovereign power must reign over groups to ensure their peaceful cooperation by sublimating their own interests to the sovereign’s.” My latest for The Critic. thecritic.co.uk/lord-hermers-f…

A sexually voracious bisexual buffoon, Lord Boothby was rescued from infamy by powerful friends, writes Alexander Larman thecritic.co.uk/lord-boothby/


The anti-EEC campaign was so outgunned they didn’t want the Government’s offer of a free mailshot because they couldn’t afford the envelopes — Tom Teodorczuk on its 50 year anniversary thecritic.co.uk/the-eec-refere…





The daring Ukrainian drone strike reminds us of past attacks while demonstrating how war will change in the future, writes Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine thecritic.co.uk/the-day-of-the…

I was delighted to write about my bête noire Lord Boothby, the perverted peer himself, for the latest issue of The Critic. thecritic.co.uk/lord-boothby/


It is right to look back in anger on terrorist atrocities, argues Nina Welsch thecritic.co.uk/look-back-in-a…

In my debut article for The Critic, I argue that the Government must apply the changes to settlement (ILR) to those already here and save billions in the process. thecritic.co.uk/the-boriswave-…

Douglas Murray always seem to frame the facts in a manner that is maximally sympathetic to Israel, writes Ben Sixsmith thecritic.co.uk/issues/june-20…

“Hermer’s institutionalism is actually not so far from Schmitt’s” — Dr. Jake Scott investigates the attorney general’s adventures in political philosophy thecritic.co.uk/lord-hermers-f…

If the Government is serious about reducing immigration into Britain, writes Charlie Cole, it must apply proposed changes to settlement retrospectively thecritic.co.uk/the-boriswave-…

“A more depressing example of bureaucratic and regulatory overreach is hard to imagine” — Nicholas Boys Smith mourns the loss of the Oval book swap library thecritic.co.uk/ovals-books-go…

A monocausal focus on the evils of unrestricted capitalism undermines a new book on the Great Famine, writes Yuan Yi Zhu thecritic.co.uk/potatoes-pigs-…


I really enjoyed this takedown of the Attorney General's adolescent attacks on critics of the ECHR as Nazis. Dr. Jake Scott does a great job here digging into what Carl Schmitt believed and the context in which he developed his theories. thecritic.co.uk/lord-hermers-f…