Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
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
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death