American nationalism now consists of intense debates of why Europeans are imagined as being rude to them while maintaining an omertà on why they cannot walk around large parts of their cities.
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Since the election of Donald Trump for a second time the American right has basically thrown aside all discussion of the 50/13 taboo or the Mexican % of population taboo in favour of arguing about food with a continent they have visited perhaps once. It’s quite bizarre.
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Stats like these can actually understate disparities, including because:
* “Nationality” rather than origin is graphed. Several notorious offenders have been British nationals of foreign origin, including the leader of the Rochedale rape gang.
* As noted by Britain’s Casey report, there are underlying reporting gaps.
Don’t want to pick on Britain here, because these correlations aren’t unique to UK. Shows why culture + selection effects matter for migration.
The Economist's estimate of Britain's age- and sex-standardised conviction rates for sexual offences by the offender's nationality
economist.com/britain/2026/1…
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A friend of mine had to do a 15 minute interview about his job, income, previous rental history, etc, in order to *view* a flat. Luckily for him, he has a well-paid job, has lived in England all his life, and an impeccable rental history. I feel bad for people who don't.
This is exactly the sort of thing the people who introduced laws making it impossible to evict anyone will now seek to ban.
It’s your job to maintain the pretence you have some expertise in the area you ‘cover’ rather than throwing up your hands and declaring ‘this shit crazy,’ on taxpayer funded TV.
All they would be teaching you is that your grandparents came here voluntarily and nobody asked them to. Would be like teaching the history of various British Airways flights where the passengers felt particularly self important.
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The nationalists are the ones defying the Belfast Agreement but they genuinely and probably rightly don't expect external observers to really believe that's even possible.
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Underrated part of British police's approach to public order. Genuinely interested in a counter opinion on this. – at Merton, London
Why are multiple extremely long standing members of this think tank departing since Daniel Hannan took it over? Particularly why are the beer drinkers leaving?
I know this isn't LinkedIn, but nonetheless, some professional news.
After 18 years, five books, three dozen papers and thousands of articles, presentations, podcasts, videos, media appearances etc etc – I am leaving the IEA in a few weeks' time.
I am, however, neither joining Novara Media, nor the Guardian, nor SOAS. I am not starting a podcast with Gary Stevenson either.
I'll continue to promote extremely uncool, cringey low-status opinions in other ways. Watch this space.
Incorrect. The reason we have fewer riots in Britain is because we don’t have many North Africans, our ethnic minorities are geographically integrated at vast cost via social housing, and our police refuse to participate in any battles so there is barely anyone to throw rocks at.
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The Telegraph sale story is really wild. It's on the verge of being sold to a Gulfi-owned investment group. Tory media outriders launch a huge press campaign to block the sale, and eventually the sale is blocked on the grounds that editorial freedom could not be guaranteed
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France has the highest social spending of any country in the world
A nice old building burns, and so the pearl-clutching begins. Where were these pearl clutchers when austerity was wrecking a generation? Why does one town hall grab their attention but millions of schools, hospitals, and homes dilapidated by neoliberalism are of no importance?
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France's level of public social spending was third highest in the world at 30.6% of GDP in 2024. Excluding the pandemic, it is slightly down from its 31.9% high in 2014. Total public spending is 57.2%, second highest among large countries not at war and near all-time highs.
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You’re going to get some very well resourced prisons as a reward
Do you want any more of them? Free of charge.
