Bournbrook Magazine

04/07/2024

Follow our editor Michael Curzon's coverage of the general election in The European Conservative here:

Watch this space for updates throughout the day.

04/07/2024

“Wrongly written off as a cynical vote grab, it is in fact a way to force all parties to fight for a new demographic that is extremely socially liberal and left wing.”

A D M Collingwood on Labour's plan for votes at 16.

03/07/2024

"I don't think Thatcherite economics fits very well with the family."

William Clouston, The Social Democratic Party, in Ep3 of The Bournbrook Podcast.

Available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IFx9GKwjozJfUU29fy6CF?si=d5fcc1915e454dd2

And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqEQAhTJGo&t=5s

03/07/2024

“People often say when proven right in hindsight: ‘I take no pleasure in saying I told you so.’

But that really is the only pleasure I take when it comes to the Conservative Party.”

Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group, in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

03/07/2024

The Tories are toast – so what's next?

We're delighted to share the latest episode of The Political Tipster, in which Julien Yvon talks to Jake Nelson about the general election and what comes after July 4th.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EzrDFTS1u0zfsKgihx0oq?si=52bf18b9d31d4a92

03/07/2024

“Social conservatives should grasp at once Labour's ambition and feel an icy ball of fear in the pit of their stomachs. Yet very few people are talking about it, and those who do, like Peter Hitchens, are told that it's actually all benignly centrist.”

A D M Collingwood in our June issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

02/07/2024

William Clouston on how The Social Democratic Party decided its policy on the House of Lords.

From Ep3 of The Bournbrook Podcast.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IFx9GKwjozJfUU29fy6CF?si=82a5033daf204445

Or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqEQAhTJGo&t=43s

02/07/2024

“My assessment is that we don’t have democracy; we have the illusion of a democracy in which the neo-aristocracy controls all major gateways to power.”

Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group, in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

02/07/2024

“A lot depends on whether we on our side can get some sort of joint platform to change politics for good.

If we can, then we could get an absolute blow away election in 2029 that will change it for good.”

William Clouston, The Social Democratic Party, in our June issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

02/07/2024

“Peter Hitchens is probably correct to warn that the practical outcome of the Starmer Ministry will be to make it next-to-impossible for any future government to follow a socially conservative agenda.”

A D M Collingwood in our June issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

01/07/2024

It's your last chance to subscribe to Bournbrook and get a copy of our June issue before the election.

HERE: http://bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

Featuring Ben Harris-Quinney (The Bow Group), A D M Collingwood, William Clouston (The Social Democratic Party), Frederick Edward, Michael Curzon and others.

Subscribe before 3pm on July 2nd and we'll send the issue, 1st class.

01/07/2024

“Suggesting the Conservatives are substantially different to Labour, even now, seems to hark back to a bygone era – a simpler and more naive time. In hindsight, it will all seem laughable.”

Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group, in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

01/07/2024

“A broader-based, sustainable movement has to be created. It cannot rely upon the strength of personality of one individual. After all, what if something happened to our dear Nigel? We’d suddenly be back at square one.”

Frederick Edward in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

28/06/2024

“For even a faint hope of substantive change, the entire system needs to be challenged, not just one or even a few parties. The question is, can Reform be that challenge?”

Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group, in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

27/06/2024

"I’m not convinced Reform's desire to end FPTP and to abolish the Lords is right. Tempting, sure. But I don’t believe that what would come in the place of these would be any better. Perhaps they’d be much worse."

Michael Curzon in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

27/06/2024

“The first speech was on Reform’s broad objective and the state of the country at large.

At least, I believe it was: the talk was perhaps the worst political address I have ever heard.”

Frederick Edward on a night with Reform in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

26/06/2024

“As Timothy Stanley (one of the few columnists to grasp how dangerous all this is) has written, Labour's constitutional programme goes far beyond the usual legislative 'gerrymandering' parties engage in.”

A D M Collingwood in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

26/06/2024

“Peter Hitchens predicts everything in British politics will be a disaster and is thusly never wrong, however where I disagree with him is the contention that the outcome is substantially different whether an establishment Conservative or Labour Party is in power.”

Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group, in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

25/06/2024

“Roger Scruton was right to include the rider that moral relativism is a view that no one really believes in his actual dealings with his fellows.”

Dr Frank Palmer writes against 'non-judgementalism' in our latest print issue.

Available to subscribers: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

25/06/2024

“I think Labour very possibly will be worse than the Tories.

But I’m afraid sometimes you have to go through a worse situation before you can get to some sort of redemption or rectification of a situation.”

William Clouston, The Social Democratic Party, in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

24/06/2024

“Instead of economic reform, the coming Labour Government will enact a programme of radical constitutional and social reform.”

A D M Collingwood in our latest print issue: http://bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

22/06/2024

Our June print issue features election analysis by

~ Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group
~ A D M Collingwood
~ William Clouston, The Social Democratic Party
~ Frederick Edward
~ Michael Curzon

Alongside contributions by Julien Yvon and Dr Frank Palmer.

Available to subscribers: http://bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

22/06/2024

“David Cameron accusing Nigel Farage of ‘wanting to destroy the Conservative Party’ is rather like a lion accusing a mosquito of blood lust.”

Ben Harris-Quinney, The Bow Group, in our latest print issue.

Available to subscribers: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

21/06/2024

"In a natural history of the British Isles, it would be hard to see the blackthorn as anything but a protagonist. Whether as hero or antihero, that’s up to you to decide."

Adam James Po***ck in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

19/06/2024

“As someone who can scarcely draw a stickman, it is hard for me to criticise works of art that may take thousands of hours to complete. As such, I’m fully within my rights to slate 99% of art created in the modern age.”

Frederick Edward in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

18/06/2024

In Conversation With WILLIAM CLOUSTON

In Ep3 of The Bournbrook Podcast, Michael Curzon talks to William Clouston, The Social Democratic Party, about

~ The general election and Peter Hitchens' view on it
~ Reform UK
~ Constitutional change
~ And more

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IFx9GKwjozJfUU29fy6CF?si=3b5df9c748a84143

And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqEQAhTJGo

17/06/2024

“Nothing can change until the Conservative Party is dead. Only then can something rise in its place and offer us some modicum of hope.”

Frederick Edward in our latest print issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

17/06/2024

“A sizeable number of Tory MPs think that the whole 'culture war' is made up by the 'far-right’.

I am sad to tell you that this faction is the most powerful faction within the Conservative Party."

A D M Collingwood in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe

16/06/2024

“Dominic Cummings was at the heart of power – albeit more briefly than he may have liked – at a time of exceptional change in the power of the state. And yet he is little studied.”

Mat Brown in our latest issue: bournbrookmag.com/subscribe