A philosopher of deeds
Roger Scruton was a doer as well as a thinker
What will Brexit do?
No control has been taken back. Even if it is, what will be done with it?
Lost in transition
The proposition is that men can become women and women can become men. How and when are pertinent words
Welcome to The Critic
The opinions which govern modern Britain should be seen as such — opinions. We will drag them kicking and screaming into public view
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech