JSkeapingIlliberal Democracy: The End of HistoryThe liberal pageant is fading, yet liberals find it hard to get by without believing they are on what they like to think is the right side…Nov 9, 2016Nov 9, 2016
JSkeapingDad: A Eulogy‘I want us to be doing things, prolonging life’s duties as much as we can. Let death take me planting my cabbages, indifferent to him and…Oct 12, 2016Oct 12, 2016
JSkeaping#TrainGate DemystifiedCollusion, corruption and misrepresentation. Criticise the current Labour leadership and you are sure to be accused of all three in quick…Sep 3, 2016Sep 3, 2016
JSkeapingAre you sitting comfortably?‘People don’t like their politicians to be comfortable. They don’t like you having expenses, they don’t like you being paid, they would…Aug 28, 2016Aug 28, 2016
JSkeapingWhere will it end? Maximilen Robespierre and the politics of purityPolitical purity, in any form, is both impossible and undesirable. People who put their faith in an individual or an ideology that promises…Aug 13, 2016Aug 13, 2016
JSkeapingHistorical Fiction: A Fictional GuideA passerby hesitated, stared. “Excuse me–” he said. “Good citizen–are you Robespierre? Robespierre didn’t look at the man. “Do you…Aug 7, 2016Aug 7, 2016
JSkeapingNightfall, Berlin“Dass war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.”Aug 6, 2016Aug 6, 2016
JSkeapingThe Strange Success of the British Labour PartySi monumentum requiris, circumspiceAug 5, 2016Aug 5, 2016