Tag Archives: progress

The Invisible Growing Backlash

Posted on January 31, 2020 by the archivist

Today is Brexit day. It’s the end of the 3½ years of agony that followed from the 2016 EU Referendum. I won’t be celebrating. I’ll just be relieved that it’s over, just like hospital patients feel relieved when they recover … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 25 Comments

Impatient Progressives

Posted on May 30, 2019 by the archivist

I’m not a Progressive. And I don’t think I’ve ever been a Progressive. I’ve never had any plans to improve the world. I think that before you can improve anything, you first have to understand it. And if you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

I Would Rather Be ‘Left Behind’

Posted on January 2, 2019 by the archivist

Brendan O’Neil, writing in Spiked about the populist revolt: Leftist observers, when they can bring themselves to confront the revolting moment, have tried to reduce the populist uprising to a cry for help by the ‘left behind’. Implicit in that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 10 Comments