How Covid paved the Road to Serfdom
Hayek suggested a society which sacrificed liberty for security would gradually submit itself to authoritarian control
The new Covid-19 strain is a political disaster of our own making
By seeking answers to scientific questions no-one had asked, we find ourselves assigning importance to discoveries which may have none
Dominic Cummings and the illusion of control
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how woefully mistaken Cummings’ hopes were for lasting civil service reform
The medical community’s revolt against lockdown
For a government which insists it is “following the science,” there is a striking reluctance to listen to the scientists
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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Farage: I’m not worried
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting