Britain is facing a crisis of state legitimacy
An unpopular government is relying on damaged and impermanent tradition
Our economic problems are bigger than we think
The failings of Rachel Reeves are only a small aspect of our economic dysfunction
Why we cannot trust official inquiries
They can be a way for the powerful to neutralise genuinely difficult questions
Shabana Mahmood has fooled Britain’s herdlike media
She has convinced them that relaxing the rules represents tough action
How British politics is being redefined
The temperamental divide in British politics has been inverted
In defence of cynicism
It is a natural response to being continually treated like an idiot
How multiculturalism really works
The Maccabi Tel Aviv protest is a lesson in how immigrant communities see themselves
Is Israel rejecting Britain’s liberal Jews?
Embracing Tommy Robinson seems to have been calculated to disturb mainstream Jewish institutions
Why cousin marriage endures
Opposing cultural relativism is no excuse for cultural ignorance
It’s not 1933
Nazi comparisons are misrepresenting the past and the present alike
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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
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant