David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
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