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Disengaging from the stakeholders
Prohibitionists seem not to like active citizens who disagree with them
Stage fright
The National Theatre’s new season is concerning for theatre fans
Beyond the one-man band
With defections looming and insiders hedging their bets, Reform faces an awkward question: who actually fills its benches?
Peston’s Inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
The new age of empires
The world faces a new reality: three predatory imperial powers in Russia, China and the USA
Is Syria descending into extremism?
Dark forces have been unleashed by Western gullibility
The myths of Tory moderates
The idea of a “One Nation” voter bloc is pure fantasy
We can’t afford not to reform public sector pensions
Reform would eliminate one of Britain’s largest long-term liabilities
How Trump is damaging right-wing politics
He rallies foreign liberals and left-wingers around their leaders
Farage’s new faces
Reform needs to pick hundreds of candidates who are ruthless politically, but not lunatics
Most Read
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
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers