Damien Phillips
Damien Phillips is a Fellow of The Cobden Centre, and a specialist in international affairs and political economy. Follow him at @Damien_Phillips
The Telegraph takeover is a security threat
The UAE is heavily involved with our geopolitical rivals — so why are we letting them buy a British newspaper?
Meloni is no fascist
Media hysteria distorts our understanding of European politics
Soft power superpower?
It’s easy to mock, but British influence is real — and a potent tool for good
Every story tells a picture
Convenient clichés make for poor foreign policy
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
