🟥"Manchesterism has successfully dressed neoliberalism in the rhetoric of socialist solidarity and Mancunian pride. The more I have researched it, the more struck I am by socialist enthusiasm for Burnham." writes Arya Chanda.🟥 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

💷"We left billions on the table in the deal in deterred investment, with the UK being the beneficiary of only a fraction of the annual planned AI infrastructure spending by US hyperscalers." writes Damien Phillips🇬🇧🇰🇼🇴🇲🇶🇦🇧🇭🇸🇦🇦🇪🇬🇧 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🔖"The autobiography is unusual among Jewish memoirs because it is by a woman who not only received a high level of secular education, but she also converted to Roman Catholicism and then became a fully cloistered nun." writes Mary Lucia Darst in her review of ‘Life in a Jewish Family’ by Edith Stein.📔 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🪙"One of the most notable trends I witnessed was young men anxiously asking me if there was any way to reclaim their money from some crypto scam.'"writes Robert Dalton💷 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🇬🇧"To end sectarianism, make white people move to Tower Hamlets." 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Henry Clifford argues that the integration of newcomers will not be possible without conscious state policy. 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🇬🇧"Britain should recognise its potential to be influential in the Pacific, building on deep historic ties, shared values, common legal and political systems and in some cases a shared head of state." Writes @MatthewL_Davies 🇦🇺🇳🇿 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🇳🇬"This time may be different: opposition leaders have combined in a number of coalitions, making it hard to predict the outcome."🇳🇬 Geoff Hill writes about the upcoming 2027 Nigerian general election. 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🏭"The problem is that much of what is extracted [in the West] is then sent to China for processing. This allows Beijing not only to capture valuable parts of supply chains, but to threaten to restrict the supply chains of Western nations, or in some cases actually doing so." writes @TomNurcombe ⛏️ centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🚓"Years of constraints have made officers more cautious and risk-averse than ever. And without that structural change, chaos across Britain will keep returning." writes @BrandonToPolicy 🔫 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

💷"For those just elected, their time will be spent coping with the local consequences of a system whose scale and direction are largely determined elsewhere."🪙 @LanaHempsall argues that councils carry the welfare burden, but without the funding or power to truly deliver. 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🟥🟨🟦"A solution [to the rise of populism] would be a hung parliament with a Government of National Unity drawn from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats." writes Arya Chanda🟥🟨🟦 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🐯"The protagonists most definitely outrank the architects of tragedy [yet] are powerless to prevent their families being ripped apart"🐯 Mary Lucia Darst reviews ‘The Ginger Tree’ by Oswald Wynd. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

I recommend reading this. It's best explanation I've seen of why the case for abolishing leasehold is fundamentally muddled and illiberal.

🇬🇧"On nuclear and AI, Washington holds almost all the cards"🇺🇸 Charles Hellens argues that The UK will always depend on the US. 👇Article Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🚨NEW EXCHANGE🚨 Would scrapping leasehold be a mistake? @SCP_Hughes of @WorksInProgMag : YES @wjprescott of @WeAreBrightBlue : NO 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🚨With the Assisted dying bill failing last week, it is worth revisiting this thoughtful discussion between @ddhitchens and @andrewcopson on assisted dying🚨 👇Link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

🧸"There is a long tradition of overestimating the fragility of the Russian state"🪖 Esa Butt argues that we should dispense with the illusion that Russia is on the precipice of collapse. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

Loved writing for Centre Write on how Harry Kane and country music are the future of liberal conservatism (perhaps more Luke Combs than Dolly Parton). Sound ridiculous? Give it a read! centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…

Similar to what Federico from the @MartensCentre wrote for @CentreWriteMag a while ago. centrewrite.brightblue.org.u…