Against war with Iran
Yet another foreign misadventure would be perilous and expensive for the USA
Security guarantees can guarantee insecurity
Trump should say no to a U.S.-Saudi defence deal
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
It’s all so difficult
Keir Starmer is struggling to rationalise the obviously stupid
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments