Welcome to Plague Island!
Welcome. We’re Laura and Andy, the writers behind Plague Island - a political writing project born of frustration, focus, and far too many cups of tea.
We write together under the name L&A. Our essays cover:
The authoritarian drift in UK and US politics
Labour’s moral collapse and Reform UK’s rise
The repackaging of conspiracy as policy (hello, RFK Jr)
Post-imperial decline, technocracy, and manufactured culture wars
Palestine, global resistance movements, and the narratives power prefers to bury
All of our work is long-form, fully referenced (Harvard style), and fiercely independent. We publish what mainstream outlets won’t touch, can’t follow through, or have forgotten how to say plainly.
This is a space for political seriousness, dissent, clarity, and the occasional cathartic laugh when everything feels too bleak to type.
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L&A (Laura and Andy)