Tom Scotson
Tom Scotson is a Political Reporter for Politics Home. He tweets @_tomscotson
From safe seat to warning sign
Gorton and Denton could expose how far Labour’s once-reliable Muslim vote is splintering
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
