The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Trading blows
EU trade policy faces mixed signals from parliament and new agreements.
Europe’s stuttering nuclear renaissance
Chronic overregulation is hampering Europe’s efforts to power up
Europe is breaking the welfare taboo
Are we witnessing the end of the European welfare state?
In Brussels, the fish rots from the head
The EU is violating its own core values
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
Oxfam’s degrowth agenda
Why do so many NGOs pursue a radical green agenda that will hurt the poorest most?
Stuck in a Rutte
An assessment of Dutch politics under Prime Minister Mark Rutte
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?