George D. R. Pickering

Pickering’s Law: If you ever find yourself thinking “It would really help my argument right now if I pretend to be an idiot!”, it’s time to stop and reconsider whether the point you’re arguing for is actually any good.

My latest: Governments will simply ignore on-paper guarantees of rights if the public are too apathetic to insist those rights be upheld.

@burnthalies Abigor are incredible. Opus IV is one of the best Black Metal albums ever, in my opinion.

When listening to obscure bands you saw on a dude's shirt goes well. This is insanely cool.

@MSidgwick 2025 was the fourth year in a row that AEW has noticeably cooled off after All In/Out. Is this a coincidence, or a result of the timing of the Fulham/Jaguars season? Should fans simply accept this end of year slump, and treat it like the off-season you’ve been calling for?

What is my next move? More pertinently: who are you to think you know what transpires in the shadows? We're doing a Q&A pod today. Ask a Q below, and you might just get an A.

There’s no reason they would need the government to help them share basic information with each other. Just start a Google Doc and email it to info@easyjet.com. So why do they really want this?

@conc0n Those Mahiro vs Hologram minutes would feed families

Brawl In Sumo Hall! The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, Hologram, Roderick Strong, & Kyle O'Reilly) vs Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI, Mifu Ashida, Sakura Hattori, & Ryo Mizunami

AEW & TJPW Presents: Elite Princess '26 LIVE on Wrestle Universe and MyAEW from Ryōgoku Kokugikan

I'm pleased to announce that I am now an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. No one has influenced my intellectual and personal development more than the Institute and its faculty, so I am deeply honoured to be officially associated with them. mises.org/profile/george…

@ProWrestlingEVE @misao_tjp @miyu_tjp @nk147cm @yuki25venus @tjpw2013 I would cancel my own wedding if TJPW happened to be in London on the same day. Tickets acquired.

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In the @WeAreBrightBlue bulletin this month: 🔹 My take on how the UK should respond to the US-Israeli-Iran conflict 🔹 Our policy wins: the @ukhomeoffice adopts our idea on incentivising failed asylum seekers to leave; @DefraGovUK adopts our ideas on better regulation on wood burning stoves 🔹 The latest writings from @CentreWrite_, our new online magazine 🔹 Our upcoming events, including at @AnthropyUK 2026 next week! 🔹 Articles from the research team: @BGStaniszewski, @wjprescott, Cyril Davydenko and @GDRPickering 📖 Read in full here: mailchi.mp/45c494a38c24/b…

My latest. I really enjoyed writing this one.

1846: The repeal of the Corn Laws – a historic triumph for free trade, 180 years ago.

Andy Burnham's 'Manchesterism' is simply more standard-issue Labourism. So why did he choose to misappropriate the name of one of the most important political movements in British history for his uninspiring agenda, asks Bright Blue's @GDRPickering: conservativehome.com/2026/02/13/geo…

From @GDRPickering: The myth inside Manchesterism as a borrowed Burnham 'cure-all' conservativehome.com/2026/02/13/geo…

Reading Murray Rothbard often marks a profound shift. Once you've seriously engaged with his work, especially the uncompromising logic of his anarcho-capitalist framework, your entire perspective on the state, property, power, and society tends to change in a lasting way. It's not just adopting a few policy preferences; it's a fundamental reorientation toward viewing the state as inherently predatory and coercive. Today, though, most people who identify as libertarians got there primarily through Ron Paul. His campaigns, his "End the Fed" message, his anti-war stance, and his ability to reach a broad audience in 2008 and 2012 sparked a massive influx of newcomers. Ron Paul's positions draw heavily from Rothbard, but there's a meaningful difference in tone and impact. Ron Paul tends to draw people in through a principled, accessible, electorally-oriented critique of the status quo. Often starting with foreign policy, monetary issues, or civil liberties. Rothbard, by contrast, signals something deeper: you've gone straight to the radical root, embracing full private-property anarchism, natural-rights ethics, and a rejection of even minimal state legitimacy. Many who start with Ron Paul eventually discover Rothbard and realize the ideas were already there, just presented in a more palatable, politically viable package. But the full Rothbardian lens is what often turns a casual admirer into someone who truly can't unsee the state's role as a monopolistic aggressor. If you consider yourself a libertarian and have not yet discovered Rothbard, you're standing at the edge of the deepest and most consistent version of the ideas that first drew you in. Start with Anatomy of the State, then proceed to For a New Liberty and The Ethics of Liberty.

“The best part of being a Fellow is the sense of belonging to a robust scholarly community and the support to achieve our academic goals. Applicants should know that while everyone has their own research project, challenging and constructive dialogue is encouraged. An ideal candidate is someone who is serious about pursuing an academic career, passionate about their research, and appreciates the intellectual legacy of Ludwig von Mises.” - Manuel García Gojon mises.org/events/researc…

@jimmygabagool better than the moaner lisa

𝐌𝐀𝐇 💪😤 #tjpw

Did you know that the Mises Institute has tons of content that isn't on the YouTube channel?

@scrundler This one?

currently watching the greatest wrestling match of all time

So he made the same witless and unamusing joke which would have occurred to anyone in that situation, but thank goodness he at least made it “without missing a beat”; the alternative hardly bears thinking of…

@realDavidBJr Don’t worry, Youth Parliament is just a debating club for the 300 lamest kids in the country. (By the way, does every school have at least one kid who speaks and acts as if they’re already a politician? Mine had roughly one per year. Perhaps this is some unhappy law of nature.)

This person should not be allowed to vote let alone be in parliament

If Trump had never won any of his elections and was just a guy who tweeted stuff like this all day, far from the levers of power, he would be the greatest politician in American history.