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Author Archives: bernardporter2013
Dinghies and Dog-Whistles
Are the British people really so stupid as to make stopping rubber dinghies full of refugees (or claiming-to-be refugees) coming from across the Channel, their chief concern? Rishi Sunak claims that this is their ‘main priority’; and so is his … Continue reading
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Historians and Empire
This was intended for a journal, which however hasn’t got back to me. Sorry about the length. You might think that as an ‘imperial historian’ I’d be itching to dive into the current debate over whether the British Empire was … Continue reading
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MRGA
It’s natural for historians to look for historical parallels, but also – if they’re good historians – to warn people that these should not be taken too seriously. Recent world politics is littered with examples of far too much weight … Continue reading
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Koranbränning
You’ll know about the Koran burning that took place near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm the other week, and the reaction to it of Turkey’s president Erdogan, which was to seek to block Sweden’s application to join NATO. Of course … Continue reading
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Death and the Free Market
From a journalist friend. https://forthzando.com/an-almost-psychopathic-disregard-for-human-life/
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Teenage Terrorists
I’ve just read that Shamima Begum has lost her legal appeal against the government’s decision to remove her British citizenship, on account of her running away from Bethnal Green to Syria to join Isis when she was fifteen years old. … Continue reading
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Aborted
I spent much of yesterday composing a new post about the ‘Anti-West’ stance of countries like Russia, China and Iran – in other words, I thought, ‘Anti-Enlightenment’; only to realise that I don’t really know enough about the subject to … Continue reading
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Blah
Sorry for the long silence. I’ve been busy: attending and speaking at the funeral in England of a beloved ex-colleague – that’s three of my close contemporaries gone in the last year or so, with just three of us left: … Continue reading
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Taxes
A confession. Fifty years ago I sought to evade British income tax by depositing money I had recently earned in the USA in a Jersey bank account, newly opened for the purpose. It was my friendly Barclays bank manager who … Continue reading
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Support for Ukraine
Our Ukrainian refugees seem to have settled in well, and are being looked after splendidly by the Hull City Council and by volunteer groups. (Yesterday all the Hull Ukrainian refugees were taken on a coach trip to York.) Nearly everyone … Continue reading
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