Artillery Row
Keir Starmer is endangering democracy
He is attacking critics while rewarding loyalists
The British right must resist Americanisation
In 2026, it will be a mistake for the British opposition to take its lead from the USA
The year ahead for Reform
Why 2026 will tell us if Reform really are ready for Government
The year ahead for the Conservatives
Can Kemi, and the Tories, survive 2026?
A God-shaped hole
Our thought needs theology as much as our hearts need transcendence
A non-fictional feast!
The best of military history from 2025
Against literary safetyism
Writing, and reading, is about taking risks
How one Egyptian activist accidentally exposed the British establishment
Alaa Abd El-Fattah is a symptom of the problem more than he is the problem
We must protect freedom for its own sake
Defend the countryside not merely out of tradition, but for liberty
War with Russia is not inevitable
Our leaders should speak less loudly and build a bigger stick
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake