Peter Cuthbertson

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Columns and blog posts on UK politics

My review of How to Use Politicians to Get What You Want by Scott Colvin (ConservativeHome)
My review of Tony Blair's memoirs (ConservativeHome)
The economies to regulate most will recover least (ConservativeHome)
A response to the financial crisis 
In Hobbesian Britain, carrying a knife is often rational (ConservativeHome)
Nick Clegg's creationism (ConservativeHome)
Believing people are intrinsically good is unscientific and makes for bad policy
On the left-liberal blogosphere (ConservativeHome)
The left has some great blogs that explore ideas in detail and think there are good faith arguments worth having, arguing and debating the direction of the left itself. Nonetheless, the lack of introspection on some of the most prominent left-liberal blogs, and the obsession with demonising conservatives, is unmatched on the right
The policies that brought about Baby P's life and death (ConservativeHome)
Who wants a comatose House of Commons? (ConservativeHome)
John Bercow's zeal risks choking real debate
The feebleness of the criticisms of the Centre for Social Justice show the strengths of its arguments (ConservativeHome)
Peter Cuthbertson's guide to political spread-betting (PoliticalBetting)

 

Columns on international affairs and foreign policy

Understanding Russia’s Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Towards the EU and USA (eInternational Relations)
Conservatives shouldn’t welcome President Hillary Rodham Clinton (BritainAndAmerica)
Two Americas, Indeed (TCS Daily)
Irony Lady (TCS Daily)
 Polish Pawn in Missile Defence Chess Game (TCS Daily)
Comeback - David Frum  (ConservativeHome)
Grand New Party traces the Republicans' path to recovery  (Britain and America)
Why the Left Wants Britain's Nuclear Power Status to Fade  (Human Events)
Is Britain at Last Facing Up to Domestic Islamist Threat?  (Human Events)
After Blair: President Bush might not like the man waiting in the wings (National Review)
 
Books



In 2011 I wrote a chapter for The Prime Ministers Who Never Were, a series of alternative histories edited by Francis Beckett. In this chapter, Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister in May 1989 in order to secure her chosen successor. The course of The Maastricht Treaty, the Exchange Rate Mechanism and the Ulster Peace Process are radically affected.

I have also contributed to the following:

 
Misc
In July 2002, I started Conservative Commentary, one of the first political blogs in the UK, which went on to be covered in the Guardian and the Spectator. The archive of that blog is still online.

I now write chiefly for ConservativeHome, on the Comment blog. My archive of posts for CentreRight is also online.

Defamation: Why does a left-wing activist say you are an "ignorant lying brat"?

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