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Letter From Plague Island, June 2026
A June Letter From Plague Island reflecting on rising far-right extremism, Labour’s political drift, Trump’s growing detachment from reality, and why…
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The Belfast Pogrom: Meanwhile in Civilised Britain....
A Plague Island essay on the Belfast pogrom, far-right incitement, and the British right’s hypocrisy over violence, race and “civilised” values.
Jun 13
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The Enemy Within: Dehumanisation and the Road to Authoritarianism
Britain’s far right is not one man or one movement, but the product of collapse, scapegoating, media amplification and cruelty sold as control.
Jun 10
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May 2026
Author’s Note: The Shock of Recognition
An author’s note on the late-night moment when a passing political phrase named a generational feeling: being born after the future, and refusing to…
May 14
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The Hollow Crown: A Shakespearean Reckoning — Keir Starmer as Richard II, and the Kingdom of Corpses
Starmer built his project on a lie, governed for the establishment, and alienated everyone who sustained him. Now Fortinbras is at the gates. On Richard…
May 13
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Letter from Plague Island, May 2026
A May Letter From Plague Island reflecting on political drift, threats against independent writers, Gaza, Britain’s uncertain future, and the search for…
May 12
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Born After the Future: The Strange Death of Tomorrow in Britain
Born after the future, Britain’s post-1979 generations inherited a country that sold tomorrow as property, rent, debt and decline — while other states…
May 11
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Labour Is Dying of Starmerism
Starmer’s Labour has lost members, voters and purpose. After disastrous local election results, the party faces more than defeat: it faces an…
May 9
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The Rhetorical Trap: State Legitimacy and the Burden of Existence
Does any state have an inherent right to exist? A philosophical and legal analysis of state legitimacy, the Nakba, and the asymmetry of…
May 7
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The Semiotics of Dismissal: When Lived Experience is Erased on Live Television
When Trevor Phillips told Zack Polanski "don't try that one on me" as he spoke as a Jewish man, it was a structural act — the revocation of a minority…
May 4
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The Architecture of Silence: How Britain Weaponised Antisemitism to Protect a Genocide
Since October 7, Britain has deployed antisemitism accusations as a weapon against Palestine solidarity. This is how the architecture of repression was…
May 3
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April 2026
The Panopticon in the Kitchen: Wife School and the Repackaging of Patriarchy
Using Foucault, Arendt, and Baudrillard, this article examines Wife School and tradwife culture as modern systems of surveillance, patriarchal control…
Apr 28
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