My amendment achieved its aim
greater scrutiny will act as a discipline on ministers and their advisers
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
