Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Denial or confession?
Mandelson is a true prince of the logocracy, whose greatest skill was, and still is, the emptying of language of fixed meaning
Killed, not “neutralised”
“neutralise”
The myth of the NHS
The longer the avoidance, the more painful the reformation
My denial is your refutation
Infamy, poetry and exhibitionistic vulnerability
“Senseless”
Loose talk, as they used to say in the war, costs lives
Working people
The latest innovation of the nomenklatura class and their apparatchik subordinates
The meaning of “indigenous”
The old imperial habit rises again: dividing the world into the natives and us
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Game of Thrones star steals the show
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Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history