As Britain careers towards a sectarian future, have the lessons of Northern Ireland been learned, ask David Betz and Michael Rainsborough. The distance from political rivalry to violence is shorter than many will admit.
If Britain's drift towards civil conflict continues, the next phase will be physical. When politics ceases to settle grievances, they are settled by other means, warn Prof David Betz and Prof Michael Rainsborough.
The outpouring of glee at Charlie Kirk's cold-blooded murder reveals a generation of young people programmed to hate. And this is exactly as the Left has planned it, say Prof David Betz and Prof Michael Rainsborough.
The war in Ukraine has shattered a generation of the West's digital-age delusions, say David Betz and Michael Rainsborough. The End of History did not arrive. The Return of Artillery did.
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