Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous