The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
The accidental case against assisted dying
Rabbi Jonathan Romain undermines the argument that he is trying to make
The “British FBI” delusion cycle
Politicians neglect the long-term work that must be done to truly reform policing
Time to end amateur justice
Magistrates are a bunch of credential-seeking amateurs
We have a disordered approach to autism and extremism
Autism cannot be considered a factor in crime only after crimes have been committed
Sexual autonomy is not everything
We should not ignore alleged crimes because of the risk of compromising sexual freedom
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Three cheers for peers of mature years
Removing some of the wisest and most experienced voices in the House would be destructive and wrong
The pitfalls of protecting beliefs
Parties should have the right to make foolish decisions about what ideas to exclude
Calling time on closing times
Pubs should be allowed to stay open longer
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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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
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
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them