Jacob Rees-Mogg MP has told students that US-UK relations will improve when the presidency is handed over to Donald Trump in January, whom he described as “friendlier” towards the country than President Obama. “Obama was no friend of the UK”, he claimed, asserting that Trump had already been making positive noises towards the UK. Obama, on […]
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“If you want the blunt truth” – an interview with General Michael V. Hayden
Note: The following interview took place in late May. “I ’m not sure if I’m allowed into the Green Room” are among the first words I utter to him. “Nonsense,” comes the reply. “Nobody’s going to mind. Be my guest.” At this utterance, I’m led through a short corridor within the Hay Festival’s tent to […]
Anti-establishment politics: a threat to capitalism?
With the fall of communism in 1989, theorists such as Francis Fukyama professed an end to ‘history’, a new era of politics for the twenty-first century, as humanity finally abandoned its expensive ideological struggle. Whilst politics has typically been a struggle of world views, today’s politics seems purely to be capitalist-oriented, parties geared towards winning […]
Top 8 Leaders We Would Love to See in Civilisation VI
On 11th May, the latest instalment of the flagship strategy series Civilization was announced to the world. Via a snazzy trailer, and the dulcet tones of Sean Bean, Civilization VI will make it onto our screens in October 2016. Although slightly jarring hearing a bloke from Sheffield narrate the vast tale of human endeavour, the […]