Artillery Row
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
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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
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it