The rape gang scandal shows Britain's social contract is broken, says Professor Michael Rainsborough. The state demands obedience, taxation and trust. But it has broken its side of the deal: protection under the law.
As Rupert Lowe's grooming gangs inquiry gets underway, Prof Michael Rainsborough says if Britain really wants to escape the institutional rot it needs to learn from Hong Kong and create anti-corruption bodies with teeth.
Donald Trump hasn't brought back power politics. He just blew away the convenient illusion which Western countries, under US protection, had allowed themselves to believe, says Professor Michael Rainsborough.
Whether with Islamists or the far Right, modern politics closes its eyes to the underlying causes of discontent, fearing that to understand is to endorse. We no longer know our enemy, says Prof Michael Rainsborough.
Trump's brazen Venezuela raid is a reminder that it's not the 'rules-based order' but great power politics that governs international affairs. Naïve idealists risk being left behind, says Prof Michael Rainsborough.
As white British look with increasing anxiety to a future as a minority in their own homeland, Professor Michael Rainsborough asks if Malaysia's system of native protection offers a model to avert violent conflict.
King's College London has abandoned academic standards entirely with its new marking guidelines, declaring objectivity to be racist and oppressive. It has ceased to be a university, says Professor Michael Rainsborough.
Britain's descent towards civil war is no accident, says Professor Michael Rainsborough. Decades of 'divide and rule' policies from the radical Leftists who have colonised our institutions were revolutionary by intent.
"Dear elites, the consequences of your actions have arrived." So says Prof David Betz as Britain’s social order fractures beneath the weight of its contradictions. It was all foreseen by Kipling, says Michael Rainsborough.
After King's College London forced out Michael Rainsborough, emails emerged stating that he needed to be "brought to heel" owing to his "unique perspectives". Does anything more clearly show the fall of the university?
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