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Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?