I could use my lovely blue tick to go off on some thousand word diatribe about how beyond awful these low-lying scoundrels are, but instead I’ll just stick with: register to vote, make sure you have the right ID to vote, and vote.

Oh, and when someone asks whether a male rapist is a man or a woman, the answer is 'he's a man.'

Latest from me. This has bern waiting to be pointed out for quite a while theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

⭐️NEW Q&A EPISODE OF ‘THE TWO MATTS’⭐️

This week: Will Rwanda win Sunak votes? Are we living in a presidential system? And should Sam Smith play at the Proms?

From The New European - Think Without Borders

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NEW EPISODE OF ‘THE TWO MATTS’

This week: we talk to Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears Marc Stears about their timely new book on England and its myths.

From The New European - Think Without Borders

Bloomsbury Books UK

open.spotify.com/episode/7Hy09L…

'You have to hope he’s enjoying it, because almost no-one else is.'
theneweuropean.co.uk/is-rishi-sunak…

What is England? What is Englishness?

This week, The 2Matts are joined by Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears for a fascinating deep dive into the question of nationalism

Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/23515b

“Those who say a child has been ‘born in the wrong body’ & who have sidelined child safeguarding, bear a very heavy responsibility.”

A v important piece by former Tavistock governor & whistleblower David Bell on the harms of gender ideology for children. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Matthew d'Ancona Marc Stears The New European - Think Without Borders Bloomsbury Books UK Really enjoyed being back with the brilliant Two Matts to talk about our book, what it means to be English, as well as how that played into Brexit and the latest political madness.

Congratulations Paul Caruana Galizia and nice job on the bow tie Patrick Walsh

NEW EPISODE OF ‘THE TWO MATTS’

This week: we talk to Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears Marc Stears about their timely new book on England and its myths.

From The New European - Think Without Borders

Bloomsbury Books UK

open.spotify.com/episode/7Hy09L…

Please share widely - the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. We’re thrilled to have the wonderful Philip Pullman as a judge - Martha was such a fan of his books

'The Tories have shredded their ancestral reputation as the party of patriotism by a combination of recklessness and zeal', writes Matthew d'Ancona

Read more: standard.co.uk/comment/rwanda…

The patriotism of Keir Starmer is an appealing contrast to the mean-spirited, Rwanda-fixated nationalism of the Conservatives

My The Standard column

standard.co.uk/comment/rwanda…

Brilliant to see Shabana Mahmood MP, shadow justice sec, crediting J.K. Rowling for 'leading the fight in this area' [sex-based rights & free speech for women] - because it's true. Along with Maya Forstater & others that's exactly what she has done telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Conspiracy theories are taking over the world

By Matthew d'Ancona
theneweuropean.co.uk/conspiracy-the…

Donald Trump is no less a conspiracist than Max Azzarello, who set fire to himself outside the New York courthouse where the former president is on trial.

My @theneweuropean column on conspiracy theories, the software of despair

theneweuropean.co.uk/conspiracy-the…

Excellent by Tom Baldwin on St George’s Day, England and Starmer

Very interesting podcast episode from The 2Matts The New European - Think Without Borders on a dramatic failure of progressive liberal centrism.

Podcast! Yes, it has been a while. All new Politics On The Couch podcast, in which I tap the immense wisdom of Jonathan Freedland for reassurance about the state of the world shows.acast.com/politicsonthec…