Capel Lofft
Capel Lofft is an editor, Tory Socialist and High Church Anglican who likes a drink, a pie and a hearty rendition of “God Save the Queen”. He tweets at @CapelLofft
Back to the 70s? If only…
Britain is in far worse trouble than we were 40 years ago
The closing of the Episcopal mind
The Church of England’s leaders don’t reflect its political diversity
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work
Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?
Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
