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The "Dances with Wolves" conundrum: ethnicity, identity and Englishness
Being English is about a relationship with a place called England. It isn’t about being white, even though most English people are white.
Jul 1
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Simon Cooke
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The "Dances with Wolves" conundrum: ethnicity, identity and Englishness
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June 2025
London isn't 'over', London hasn't fallen. London just has very bad government
No party, no national politician and few commentators, have done any thinking or developed any ideas as to how we can get a better government of London…
Jun 22
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Simon Cooke
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London isn't 'over', London hasn't fallen. London just has very bad government
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Why conservatives should listen to Larry the Liquidator (as well as Roger Scruton)
Larry Garfield was right. If you leave money trapped in dying companies, over-valued property and diminishing cash accounts then tomorrow’s great…
Jun 16
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Why conservatives should listen to Larry the Liquidator (as well as Roger Scruton)
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If you want civic pride then you need accountable, practical and, above all, local government.
If we want to "sweat the small stuff", then we need a new life for local councils rather than the grandiose devolution schems and proposals for distant…
Jun 13
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Simon Cooke
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If you want civic pride then you need accountable, practical and, above all, local government.
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Put Portraits of Illustrious Men on The Office Walls
In 1552, that's what Cosimo di Medici told Cristofano dell'Altissimo to do for him, here's a little flavour of what resulted.
Jun 9
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Simon Cooke
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Put Portraits of Illustrious Men on The Office Walls
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May 2025
Building a New Suburbia
A new suburbia is about a family sitting in their garden, surrounded by good comfortable things and looking at the home they own. As the sun shines…
May 23
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Simon Cooke
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Building a New Suburbia
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New towns were a disaster. Why are we thinking of doing it again?
All the principles of Howard’s garden cities were applied and, pretty much everywhere, those principles failed. Britain’s new towns, for all that some…
May 21
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New towns were a disaster. Why are we thinking of doing it again?
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Golf is better than running or cycling, we need to encourage it not seize the golf courses
We should be promoting golf as a gentle sport that can be played by people from ten to ninety. We should thank the sport for aiding the mental and…
May 16
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Golf is better than running or cycling, we need to encourage it not seize the golf courses
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How the Chesham Effect is killing the Tory Party
If we are looking for a source of the Conservatives woes then the Chesham & Amersham by-election provides the case study, not because the Party lost a…
May 9
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How the Chesham Effect is killing the Tory Party
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'libdemmery': Britain's Progressive Cult
For three decades ‘libdemmery’ has set the political and policy agenda in the UK, moderating the worst excesses of socialists and greens while indulging…
May 6
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'libdemmery': Britain's Progressive Cult
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Reclaiming England's May Day - an anticipation
Let’s have back the festival Cromwell’s puritan work ethic tried to kill. Let’s celebrate life and growth, nature and land, good things, fine people and…
May 1
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Reclaiming England's May Day - an anticipation
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April 2025
Springtime in Yorkshire and time for talk of revolution in the polling booth
There will be no political earthquakes on Thursday, just a few disgruntled voters voicing their irritation and annoyance at the Westminster parties. And…
Apr 27
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Springtime in Yorkshire and time for talk of revolution in the polling booth
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