WW archive > Issue 1444 - 25 May 2023
Heirs of Edmund Burke
For all its incoherence, the National Conservatism conference in London is indicative of a worrying direction of travel for the global right, argues Paul Demarty
Letters
Finance whip; Lynching rights; Lukács’s faults; Mish-mash; Hydra-headed
Demography is not destiny
Sinn Féin is now the biggest party in local government. But, asks Kevin Bean, what does this mean for the prospects of some kind of national reunification?
Cancelling the dead
Eric Gill’s Prospero and Ariel has been vandalised yet again. Mike Macnair looks at the politics of attacking soft targets
Notes on the war
Yevgeny Prigozhin maintains that every centimetre of Bakhmut has been taken, but Ukraine’s much heralded spring offensive is still to come. Jack Conrad looks at the military and political situation
14th amendment threat
The debt-ceiling crisis is the direct result of the antiquated constitution, argues Daniel Lazare, but ‘emergency measures’ would be a gift for Trump
Patterns, prejudices and interests
It can be fun to discover the limits of chatbots, says Yassamine Mather, but democratic control is vital. AI will be used as a weapon in the class war
Same old road
Do not expect any radical shift, particularly on foreign policy, under a Sinn Féin-led government, warns Anne McShane