The silence that tells Joe Biden who his real allies are
Irish reluctance to support Ukraine presents Unionists with an opportunity to counter American Brit-bashing over the Protocol reforms
Border skirmishes
No actor has done more to endanger the future of Northern Ireland than the European Commission
Beating the wrong drum
The dogmatic insistence that unionists are being pushed towards a united Ireland
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
