Thomas Munson is a British-Irish dual national who has written for ConservativeHome, CapX, and LBC. He previously worked as an aide to two Secretaries of State in the UK Government
Regional powers at loggerheads. Naval vessels in the east Mediterranean. Allies drawn into the fray with some calling for deescalation. You could be forgiven for thinking I was describing the war in Iran. In fact, these events unfolded during the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. And the path to war during that conflict well over 2,000
‘They’re tearing this country apart.’ I heard it in a pub last week. A man, with the light blue of the phone screen reflected in his face, was watching a reel. He waved the device at a nearby drinker. ‘You seen this?’ It was footage of the latest wave of small boat crossings. A heated
‘As if we didn’t have enough to argue about!’ exclaimed the gentleman in front. We were standing just off a busy road adjacent to a looming wall. The road wasn’t any road, and the wall wasn’t any wall. It was Shankill Road, and this was one of Belfast’s infamous peace walls. The man wasn’t picking
