Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
NHS worship is over
Britons no longer whisper their doubts about the NHS and immigration
Rachel Reeves doesn’t understand basic economics
The Budget is based on ignorance as well as irresponsibility
Spending like there’s no tomorrow
The endless cycle of spending and debt has always been a choice
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket