The T word and the BBC
Why is the Beeb so coy about the nature of Hamas?
Why we must remember
The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
It’s not that life is perfect — it just isn’t the 70s
My sordid tryst with Boris
What promises is the Prime Minister actually going to deliver on?
In Praise of Plod
How our police lost their way, and why they’re still better than the alternative
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?