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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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
How to travel in Europe
For the best in Europe, learn how to travel like a rich native
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
Best intentions …
A woo-woo approach to summer fashion