Nuclear Illegality

On 8 April 2021, I wrote in an article in the University of Cambridge’s main student newspaper, Varsity, that ‘[m]inisters are so invested in a nostalgic vision of British power that the law may be happily trampled underfoot.’ I was writing with respect to the government’s plans to violate Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation … Continue reading Nuclear Illegality →

Churchill and the Nazis

Part two of a response to Andrew Roberts and Zewditu Gebreyohanes Roberts and Gebreyohanes write that Churchill had a ‘dogged determination to defeat the Nazis, the threat from whom he had been warning against for almost a decade’. This is a misleading characterisation of Churchill’s understanding of the Nazi movement. Churchill indeed warned against the … Continue reading Churchill and the Nazis →

How Labour Party Bureaucrats made a Mockery of Democracy

This article was written (26/4/20) after the leaked Labour report revealed anti-democratic plots were hatched by senior party bureaucrats to sabotage Corbyn’s leadership I. The leaks from an internal report on antisemitism in the Labour Party highlight that Britain’s main opposition party is democratically defunct. A conspiracy to undermine Labour’s chances of an election victory … Continue reading How Labour Party Bureaucrats made a Mockery of Democracy →