Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
Why Essex is Britain’s most right-wing county
Essex is both traditionalist and highly entrepreneurial
It’s time Britain moved to warfighting readiness
War-readiness is necessary for protecting our democracy
What left and right get wrong about grammar schools
It was their liberal curricula that made grammar schools so successful
The case against An Inspector Calls
A short predictable play is a bad introduction to literature
Attack of the quangocrats
Taxpayers should not foot the bill of an equal pay litigation unit
Absurd equal pay laws? Blame our dependence on the European Union
Repealing absurd Equal Pay Laws is only possible because of Brexit
Don’t make ethnic pay gap reporting mandatory
Mandatory pay gap reporting will make discrimination more common, not less
Political Islam is already in Britain
Lutfur Rahman and the case study of Tower Hamlets
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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
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.
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It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany