The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
How to reform the NHS
Britain must take inspiration from the Netherlands
Let’s fix the nation’s smile
We must dig our teeth into the problem of getting people to dentists
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals