This end of year review is part of a series from Backbench’s editorial team as they consider some of the themes that have dominated 2020. The views expressed in these reviews are those of the editors themselves and do not…
As we get further into 2020, the unity that characterised the early stages of lockdown – ‘Clap for the NHS’, anyone? – has generally faded away, and have been replaced by political conflict and division. It wasn’t too long ago…
Harold Wilson famously said “A week is a long time in politics.” What would he have made of 2020? With the US election days away, and Boris Johnson’s government feeling their way through the Coronavirus Pandemic, nobody was paying all…
The task of defending Britain’s history is a tall order, particularly when Britain’s record of slavery and colonialism gets scarce mentioning at schools. There is a vague understanding of the basics. People know the name of William Wilberforce, the man…