Chris Bayliss
Chris Bayliss is an independent consultant whose main interest is the energy sector in Iraq. He tweets at @baylissbaghdad
Children of the apocalypse
When you tell young people that the end of the world is coming, what do you expect them to do?
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Just stop
A new wave of disruptive protest is openly criminal, yet is minimally policed. It is time to say enough — and ban them all
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Here comes trouble
Farage is going to cause huge headaches for the Tories, and may be here to stay
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat