Ben Sixsmith
@BDSixsmith
Anglo writer in Poland. Online Editor and podcast critic for @TheCriticMag. Subscribe to THE ZONE.
Successive governments have failed to accept that their ideas are not just unpopular but wrong, argues @BDSixsmith thecritic.co.uk/politicians-ha…
I wrote about how Blair and his successors have consistently interpreted policy failures as PR failures thecritic.co.uk/politicians-ha…
This is just silly. Britain can build more prisons and deport foreign criminals back to where they came from. This kind of gimmick demonstrates more of a desire to sound "BASED" than to be effective. x.com/CamillaTominey…
“If we need to send Ian Huntley to El Salvador prison then so be it,” declares @Nigel_Farage
Politicians: How can we address the decline in public trust? Public: Stop doing the opposite of what we want. Columnists: What could explain the crisis of democratic legitimacy? Public: Stop doing the opposite of what we want. Think tankers: How to reverse the collapse in ...
Huge news in Parliament today as one career failure of a Conservative looks set to replace another career failure of a Conservative.
A very smart and sobering piece from @kitwilsonwriter on the death of ideas thecritic.co.uk/why-we-have-no…
“The desire for famous people who ‘model’ positive behaviour is cripplingly superficial” — @BDSixsmith reflects on role models thecritic.co.uk/the-quest-for-…
Young people should not have to look to celebrities for affirmation, argues @BDSixsmith thecritic.co.uk/the-quest-for-…
I wrote about why I think it is delusional to expect celebrities and influencers to be "positive role models" thecritic.co.uk/the-quest-for-…
Big fan of the "I'm a dumb, bad person, and also self-pitying" sub-genre of lifestyle columns.
Typically thoughtful and thought-provoking from the great and powerful @MaxFromMax thecritic.co.uk/what-nation-wh…
NATO would inexplicably invade Zimbabwe and Oasis would end their reunion tour with "Don’t Look Back In Anger" outside Buckingham Palace. x.com/MrTCHarris/sta…
And if Hamas murdered, raped and kidnapped 1200 British citizens, we'd have wiped out every one of its members by now.
I can’t wait for this. x.com/LucySixsmith/s…
My book about Soul Survivor, charismatic evangelicalism, teenagerhood and spiritual abuse is fully drafted and has gone to the publishers. Out in 2026. I'm so excited about not writing it any more
Crucial detail here is that he has shown no remorse and the judge has said he is at high risk of reoffending. Yet somehow he is out on the streets at this very moment
Channel migrant who sexually assaulted teenage girl with special needs in broad daylight is jailed for 14 months trib.al/fIGwgJg
My politics can also be reduced to employing the tools of human redundancy to create an unconvincing facsimile of past humanisms. x.com/kangminjlee/st…
My politics is whatever this is
I hate the "mob mentality" — so different from the collective righteous anger that emerges organically from my own community of like-minded souls.
You don’t need AI, I can help you write a Millennial think piece: “When I first came to [INSERT CITY HERE] it was a raucous place where anything seemed possible. But by [YEAR OF AUTHOR’S BIRTH+35], the city I loved was vanishing.”