What’s the point of Tory Party Conference?
Corporate and expensive, has Tory Party Conference had its day?
Was Parliament more rebellious in the eighteenth century?
The latest podcast in the Black’s History Week series: How does the role of the modern MP compare with that of an eighteenth century honourable member?
Trump v Biden: what did we learn from the first presidential debate?
The Critic’s US editor spoke to the publisher and editor of American Greatness, Chris Buskirk
What’s new for the presidential debates?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss the upcoming presidential debates
Whatever happened to the polymath?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s political editor, Graham Stewart, about the idea of the Renaissance Man
Can George Galloway keep Scotland British?
The Alliance 4 Unity is the wildcard in Scottish politics
Black’s History Week
The Critic’s new weekly podcast series, with Professor Jeremy Black
The Ruling Passion
Should former prime ministers gently fade away?
Why is Britain good at R&D but has so few major tech companies?
Mike Lynch offers his solutions – from ARM to post-Brexit regulation
China’s Long March
How should the UK and its allies treat the rise of China?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow