Tony Blair’s Labour Party — with its centralizing zeal — passed the Civil Contingencies Act in 2004, granting any British government the power to make 30-day-long decrees without having to rely on the House of Commons or the House of…

Jurgen the German (who is German, by the way) is a sketch character by British comedian Harry Enfield. Jurgen finds himself in common situations — waiting for a bus, for example — and upon a lull in conversation with strangers, is known…

My American friends gawp at me with a delectable cocktail of envy, anger, and disappointment. For most of them, I’m their heaviest drinking friend. For January, I’m the bane of their existence. This is my third “Dry January,” a very…

The Boris Johnson Burka row has raged much longer than it should have. It is almost becoming boring. Yes, I’m getting tired of winning. But like any semi-competent writer, I can still squeeze the last drops of juice from this…