In defence of the Town and Country Planning Act
The essentially valuable function of the planning system has been subverted by its inheritors
To H-1B or not to H-1B?
Opening the door to H-1Bs means war against Britain’s middle class
Britain is stuck in a welfare loop
The incentive structure in a democratic welfare state makes economic realism impossible
Sizing up Sizewell C
The British approach to nuclear power has been a disaster of nuclear proportions
Lord Hermer’s monomania
Hermer thinks 1945 is year zero, everything before that was Hitler
Keir Starmer’s AI plans are not very intelligent
Labour do not seem to have grasped the material implications of artificial intelligence
Do we really need population growth?
Population decline need not mean national decline
JD Vance’s tech policy is a MAGA microcosm
Does JD Vance hope to restore the Jeffersonian tradition of freedom?
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism