Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
