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The real life state

Picture the scene. A 50-year-old man arrives at a job centre. He lost his job in heavy industry some years ago and has spent his life since living on government benefits. The economy moved on past his skills, and there...

The uses of euphemism

Gareth Myatt died while being forcibly restrained by three prison officers at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre near Rugby.  He died because, although he complained he couldn’t breathe, officers kept his body restricted in a hold called the ‘Seated Double Embrace’. ...

Here today



The local Post Office and the red pillar box are both long standing symbols of community life in Britain. The future for both is very uncertain. The coalition government’s plan to sell the majority of shares in Royal Mail has devalued...

How to build a one nation state

The idea of ‘stewardship’ is a Fabian riposte to the recent (mis)characterization of its rich tradition of democratic collectivism as the embodiment of the evils of ‘big state’.

State collectivism, with its national purview, long-termism and sense of agency, must have...

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