Rob FrancisKen Loach and the cowardice of the left“You calling me a prick? I’m a married man with six kids!” — Chris Coleman, former Sunderland manager4 min read·Aug 15, 2021--7--7
Rob FrancisWhy English patriotism?After the win over Ukraine the other day, a friend of mine asked, “explain to me about this patriotism thing, then, because I don’t get…5 min read·Jul 7, 2021--2--2
Rob FrancisGood of the game** The below is a chapter from a book I am currently writing. I am looking for representation; if you are interested I am on twitter…44 min read·Apr 19, 2021--1--1
Rob FrancisIn defence of algorithmsThe A-Level results fiasco has been all across the news this week, and rightly so. There have been many examples of students getting…6 min read·Aug 15, 2020----
Rob FrancisParadigm shiftsBored on a Sunday evening in lockdown, so I thought I’d post some random musings on here.4 min read·May 3, 2020----
Rob FrancisSemantics won’t save the leftRebecca Long-Bailey’s latest salvo in her increasingly doomed leadership campaign came with an article in inews this week, entitled “The…4 min read·Mar 4, 2020----
Rob FrancisCommunitarianismKristian Niemietz, he of the IEA and the Twitter, has written a fairly condemnatory blog about communitarianism. It’s typically…4 min read·Feb 24, 2020----
Rob FrancisMaybe, the problem is youI wondered if I might feel vindicated, but I don’t.5 min read·Dec 13, 2019--3--3
Rob FrancisElection 2019Increasingly, I loathe General Elections. More and more, I notice even people I’d always seen as being fairly level-headed flip abruptly…2 min read·Nov 1, 2019----