Iain Mansfield
Iain Mansfield is Director of Research at Policy Exchange
Britain’s economy is in no state to weather another crisis
Rachel Reeves must stop doubling down on bad economic ideas and try something new
We can’t afford not to reform public sector pensions
Reform would eliminate one of Britain’s largest long-term liabilities
Labour has not lived up to its promises on skills
Bridget Phillipson must change course to deliver the change that Britain needs
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
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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
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Peston’s inbox
It’s all nonsense, and none of it happened, and I can’t remember it, and it’s not what it looks like
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
