Recently, Kemi Badenoch revealed that one of her favourite authors was the late Terry Pratchett. As well as showing her good taste and judgment, this will surely cause her stock to rise among the many admirers of the sadly departed comic genius. Pratchett was probably the funniest writer in English since PG Wodehouse. He was […]
There is much discussion right now about the dysfunctionality of UK politics. This goes beyond complaints about the policy incoherence or ineffectuality of any particular government, whether that be the current one or its Tory and Coalition predecessors. Rather, there is a growing feeling that the political system itself, the whole process of politics, no […]
Donald Trump’s remarkable and decisive second election victory shows that the realignment of US politics that he brought about eight years ago has not gone away but has become even more entrenched. The Democrats are clearly on the wrong end of it. Trump and the Republicans gained among every social group and income bracket – […]
The fundamental principles of economics are very simple, but it is an unending task to explain them and their implications in the face of widespread ignorance and hostility to the conclusions they lead to. We are seeing a classic example of this with the uproar over the way tickets to the Oasis concerts rose in […]
Over the coming weeks, CapX will be running a number of perspectives on the future of the Conservative Party. If you have an idea you would like to contribute, get in touch at editors@capxstaging.wpengine.com. Both of Britain’s main political parties are rudderless. Both lack a clear sense of their identity, of what their core beliefs and […]
Donald Trump’s choice of the Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate is one of those rare political decisions that is decisive, one that clearly resolves an argument and draws a line under it. Much of the commentary over here on the choice of Vance focuses on its implications for the future of US […]
