How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Let our pubs live
The government should recognise how important pubs are to society
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Reform’s gate fever
As they have grown more successful, Nigel Farage and his men have lost sight of what it takes to succeed
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture