The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
Why the Lords can vote against assisted dying
It is right and proper for the Lords to challenge deeply problematic legislation
A Muslim state loses faith in British education
Britain’s universities are too radical for the UAE
The watchdog that doesn’t bark
If the Office for Budget Responsibility cannot prevent catastrophe, what purpose does it serve?
In defence of jury trials
David Lammy’s proposal to abolish trial by jury in all but the most serious cases is wicked and irrational
Pantsuit deportations
How to make it dinner party acceptable
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy