Artillery Row
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
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