Germany is acknowledging the unspeakable
A pattern of criminality is shattering taboos
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
The DUP aren’t tough negotiators
The party that claimed to stand up for unionists capitulated at every turn
