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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
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.
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future