Sitemap - 2025 - The View from Cullingworth
Getting better government and a growing economy are linked. Nobody is really interested in either
West Yorkshire's Great and Good need to write a better transport plan: one without a tram
Cosplay, vanity and performance: on the Right's co-opting of Christianity
How Europe got a nose ring and green hair then screamed about Trump, Musk and Vance
The Hubris of the Verdant Throne: using AI for table top role playing
Selds, exchanges and municipal markets: thoughts about Not-the-High-Street
The Tribes of the Right (and why this is bad news)
We're still in a bit of a mess: how sensible people have failed us
The problem is the city itself and electing socialists doesn't change this
The YIMBY Alliance aren't YIMBYs, they're just city boosters
Why the ethnonationalist right agrees with the woke left about Katherine Birbalsingh and her school
Zack Polanski and the Anglofuturists have the same housing and planning policies. Both are wrong.
Michael Heseltine is the father of National Conservative economics
Family, work and a cheaper shopping basket - getting a better narrative about poverty
Recognising a Palestinian 'state' is wrong
Environmental concerns are no excuse for not looking after public spaces
"A Comprehensive Analysis of Simon Cooke’s Political Ideology" (courtesy of AI)
How you read a letter and why this matters in today's online world. Trust me.
Now is not the time to change the manager: the case for keeping Kemi
No everything is not fine (even if overall crime has fallen)
If people can buy dirt they'll have families.
"It could buy me a boat": how elite conservatives lost touch with their voters
Britain isn't lurching towards civil war, it's just a mess
State capacity isn't a substitute for bad policy: is Britain ready for tobacco wars?
The "Dances with Wolves" conundrum: ethnicity, identity and Englishness
London isn't 'over', London hasn't fallen. London just has very bad government
Why conservatives should listen to Larry the Liquidator (as well as Roger Scruton)
If you want civic pride then you need accountable, practical and, above all, local government.
Put Portraits of Illustrious Men on The Office Walls
New towns were a disaster. Why are we thinking of doing it again?
Golf is better than running or cycling, we need to encourage it not seize the golf courses
How the Chesham Effect is killing the Tory Party
'libdemmery': Britain's Progressive Cult
Reclaiming England's May Day - an anticipation
Springtime in Yorkshire and time for talk of revolution in the polling booth
How the political right lost its way (and why Frank Bruno is an Englishman)
The Myth of Britain makes our identity, we must make sure the story is passed on
Liberty isn't the opposite of security, it's the basis for a safe, strong and successful country
The pub is not the heart of the community. It is just where the beer is...
The system works as designed but the system also doesn't work
My London is suburban, and none the worse for that
What 'Conservative YIMBY' should say (starting with we're not YIMBYs)
Englishness. Who gets to win life's lottery?
Training 'like-minded' politicians creates creatures of consensus not change
Sympathetic Magic and the Modern Economy
Britain, Culture and the Love of Place
How to find the terrorists (and why 'Prevent', the UK's approach, doesn't work)
Letting the law and lawyers determine negotiations is a strategy for failure
It isn't going well for Sir Keir, he needs a real reset
Reviewing 22 years of talking and writing about street grooming