Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
British foreign policy must serve British interests
It is time to put aside legalistic and moralistic nonsense and focus on what is best for Britain
The real problem with electoral sectarianism
Alarmed right-wing commentators are misunderstanding a massive problem for British politics
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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.
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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Welsh Labour is doomed
New scandals will speed up its decline into irrelevance