Politics – The World of Edrith

Are Human Rights for Everyone?

There is a classic debate around human rights, which can be exemplified by converation below between the fictional avatars of the readers of two thinly disguised publications: Torygraph: Human rights…

Posted on October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 by Edrith

Mental Health and the Progressive Parenting Paradox

Let's imagine that convincing evidence emerged that being vegetarian was significantly better for your health than eating a healthy, balanced omnivorous diet. I'm talking significantly better here: extending life expectancy…

Posted on September 11, 2023September 13, 2023 by Edrith

The Worm’s-Eye View and Outcome Indifference

Why is everything broken? Why does it take 12 years to build an offshore wind-farm, despite sky-rocketing energy prices and cross-party consensus that we need more? Why are we tolerating…

Posted on August 12, 2023August 14, 2023 by Edrith

Social Conservatism and the Arc of History

"The arc of the moral universise is long, but it bends towards justice," said Martin Luther King in a speech given over half a century - a phrase given new…

Posted on July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 by Edrith

Reflections on Brexit

Seven years ago today the UK voted to leave the European Union. What followed was a whole lot of political wrangling, a near constitutional crisis and two general elections, before…

Posted on June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 by Edrith

Who’s Rich? Survey results

Thank you to everyone who took part in the survey a couple of weeks ago about who was rich, looking at a variety of fictional characters and case studies. The…

Posted on May 27, 2023May 26, 2023 by Edrith

Why the Realignment Failed (for now)

Last week's local elections went pretty terribly for the Conservatives. They lost over 1000 seats to Labour, the Lib Dems and the Green party - and are no longer the…

Posted on May 13, 2023May 13, 2023 by Edrith

Are the Dursleys rich?

NOTE THAT THE SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED - THANK YOU TO ALL WHO TOOK PART. RESULTS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY. A survey to determine who people think are rich -…

Posted on April 23, 2023May 9, 2023 by Edrith

The Foundation Myth

In Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, every time the situation seems darkest, a brilliant leader will come up with an amazing plan that completely changes the terms of engagement and saves…

Posted on April 17, 2023April 16, 2023 by Edrith

Answers to Questions

Last week I invited people to 'Ask me Anything' and got some great questions in response, from 'If you lived in America, where would you stand politically?' to 'If you…

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