Per Capita Media

‘Events, dear boy, events’ – How AI is upending Politics and Power in the Modern State

Aidain Clair considers why political leaders remain unprepared for the exponential rise of Artificial Intelligence, and what happens when technology begins to outpace the very governments trying to shape it.

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Aidain Clair

10th December 2025

Politics

Kitchen-Table Economics: Gary Stevenson, Piketty and the Wealth Divide

Max Nicholls explores how Gary Stevenson's kitchen-table diatribes and Thomas Piketty's sweeping inequality theory have fused into one of the most influential economic narratives on the British left.

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Max Nicholls

14th November 2025

Politics

Hypocrisy doesn’t nullify J.D. Vance’s claims about Free Speech in Europe

Joel Fox argues that, despite J.D. Vance's hypocrisy his point core point stands: Europe is eroding free speech, and unless governments reverse course and limit restrictions solely to preventing direct harm, democratic debate will continue to shrink - with serious consequences for pluralism, trust and liberal democracy itself.

Joel Foxand

Charlie Windle

27th September 2025

Politics

Starmer’s Mandelson U-turn could be his last

Cameron Banks argues Keir Starmer’s U-turn over Lord Mandelson’s sacking exposes a fatal lapse in judgement. With echoes of the Chris Pincher affair that doomed Boris Johnson, questions now hang over Starmer’s credibility and add to his growing record of damaging reversals.

Cameron Banksand

Charlie Windle

21st September 2025

Politics

Je Suis Charlie Kirk: A Decade After Charlie Hebdo, the War on Free Speech Continues

Charlie Kirk was not just a conservative firebrand — he was a symbol of open debate in a time of growing intolerance, Joel Fox argues. Kirk's murder on an American campus is not just a tragedy, but a warning.

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Joel Fox

13th September 2025