As 2022 comes to an end I reflect on some of the major events. Every so often there was a glimmer of hope in among all the horror. Hope doesn’t hang around for long in UK politics and in any case, as anarchists, we are a long way off a desired set of institutions or
Tag: British Politics
British Politics and Anarchism in 2022
I’ve been thinking recently about the various themes that I’ve written about since starting this regular column for Freedom in 2016. I try really hard not to repeat myself too much but history has a way of making that pretty tough. These are the themes I think will recur time and again in 2022. (In)competence
“One of us”: LabTory coalition unite to bury their dead
The state’s response to the murder of one of their own has been telling. The murder of David Amess produced a rare unity in British politics; one that is always there, behind the façade of confrontational parliamentary performances. The immediate response was focused around MP protection and the relationship between representatives and constituents. As the