Entries by Tobias Langdon

Vibrancy and Viruses: Free Advice for Struggling Conservatives

It’s heart-warming how generous liberals can be. On both sides of the Atlantic, they’re giving their political opponents free advice on how to win elections. And it’s uncanny how similar the advice is: “Conservative party’s problem with ethnic minority voters is costing it seats: Ignoring the UK’s significant non-white population could diminish political parties’ reach […]

The Corrupted Kingdom: Power and Privilege in Modern Britain

The fetid stench of White Male Privilege. It reeks off this name: Ryan Coleman-Farrow. It also reeks off his behaviour: Former Met police officer admits failing to investigate rape cases: Ryan Coleman-Farrow faked police reports, failed to pass on evidence and falsely claimed to have interviewed suspects An investigator from the Metropolitan police specialist sex […]

Goy Figure: How Gentiles Just Don’t Get It — #1

Definitively Dull Goyishe kop is a Yiddish phrase that literally means “gentile head” (goyishe is pronounced like “goy-isha”). According to the Jewish English Lexicon, it can be defined as “Someone who fails to use his/her head; a dull mind.” It also means: “Someone who thinks like a non-Jew.” I have a goyishe kop in all […]

Gasbags Are Not Great: Christopher Hitchens as Crypto-Rabbi

Georgians and Genomes The independent socialist George Orwell (1903–1950) was, it’s said, a central influence on the neo-conservative Christopher Hitchens (1949–2012). But this claim puzzles me. I’ve been reading Orwell all my life and I’ve failed to notice that he was a tedious, self-righteous, self-important gasbag who never used one word when six not unpolysyllabic […]