Stephen Johnston's blog
British serrata sounds like it could be a dodgy cows milk soft cheese made in the outskirts of Coventry. Or, and perhaps more usefully for my argument, a term that describes the ‘closure’ of Britain that’s happened since 2012, borrowing the name from Venice’s dramatic tumble from global preeminence in the first half of the […]
The first of my two Brexit questions was “How do we want to run our society?”, and I suggested the choice between a corporate- and a more locally-minded, civic-run capitalism. My second question is ‘Who will win in tomorrow’s world?’. One answer for free – it’s not the UK, standing alone (with the support of […]
Brexit is not a choice about staying or leaving Europe, it’s a choice about who the UK wants to be. The world has changed since the days of a glorious British Empire, beloved of Leavers, but it’s also changed since the 2012 Olympics, beloved of Remainers. The West needs to navigate new questions that were […]
Last Saturday morning I was on the top deck of a bus meandering through Westbourne Grove – an upscale part of west London – enjoying the pleasant scenery of white stucco houses and hipster coffee shops, when the bus stopped suddenly and the driver turned off the engine. Eventually people started getting off the bus. […]