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The Downing Street Squatters
The grim spectacle of a government barricaded in Downing Street, terrified of its own people.
Feb 9
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Oliver J. Freeman
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Pondering the Epstein Files
Taking a look at the recent file drop and contemplating, briefly, what they really mean.
Feb 4
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Oliver J. Freeman
2
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January 2026
Why Justice has Gone Chromatic
Taking a look at the palette of the mob.
Jan 26
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Oliver J. Freeman
2
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The Uniform of Righteousness
Challenging the intoxicating rush of the modern person to reach the moral high ground.
Jan 22
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Oliver J. Freeman
1
Words Matter. Don’t Stop Debating
Why we need to stop coddling ideas.
Jan 21
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Oliver J. Freeman
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Your Phone is Now a State Informant
Privacy isn't a right anymore. It’s a luxury the state can no longer afford you. Meet the algorithm reading your mind before you press send.
Jan 20
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Oliver J. Freeman
1
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The Great X-cape: Why Sir Keir is Back on the Bird
A masterclass in the politics of the void: Scraping the barnacles, shedding the soul, and crawling back to the bird.
Jan 17
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Oliver J. Freeman
1
1
The Narcissism of the 'Anti-Imperialist' Left: How Seeing the CIA Under Every Bed Erases the Iranian People
Reclaiming Iranian agency from the Western academics who view Middle-Eastern revolution as a CIA plot.
Jan 16
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Oliver J. Freeman
2
1
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The Panopticon Paused: Whitehall Blinks on the Digital ID Mandate
We woke up to the rarest of things: a government in retreat. But while the mandatory ‘Right to Work’ ID has been scrapped, the infrastructure for a…
Jan 14
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Oliver J. Freeman
2
1
The Ofcom Inquisition: Is X Finally Too ‘Vile’ for Whitehall?
Why the government’s war on Grok is less about protecting the public and more about seizing the keys to the digital town square.
Jan 13
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Oliver J. Freeman
3
1
The ‘Farage Clause’: A Multibillion-Pound Pre-nup from the Relationship from Hell
Because nothing says 'sovereignty' like a multi-billion pound fine for having an original thought.
Jan 12
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Oliver J. Freeman
2
1
The Binary of the Blind: Beyond the Moral Colour Code
As Tehran burns and Western activists remain silent, we must look deeper than the surface.
Jan 12
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Oliver J. Freeman
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2
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