Chris Newton
Dr Chris Newton is a military historian and a former defence policy adviser to the Conservative Party. Follow him at @drchrisnewton
The 1980s are calling
Liberal complacency has left us unprepared to face the crisis in Ukraine
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Magic moments
A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying