What Mel Stride should really be apologising for
The Conservative Party failed when it rejected change
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
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
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing