The Case for History as a Societal Resource

For many of us, the subject of history is most familiar as a school memory. It tends to evoke one of two things: dates and numbers to be memorised and regurgitated, or a dull list of nationally significant events. Neither, as the common opinion goes, is that compelling. Consequently, history is seen as a very …

A Note on Definitions: politics, policy and the constitution

We hear an awful lot about how Brexit is breaking the UK constitution, written though uncodified as it is. It certainly seems that way: politicians are running amok regardless of party discipline, the minority government is pushing the limits of what the executive and parliament can do, MPs are abandoning their parties altogether, the parties …