Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien is Member of Parliament for Harborough. He writes at his personal site and tweets at @neildotobrien
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms