Artillery Row
Mercer’s friendly fire
His latest bout of unprofessionalism has not gone unnoticed
Conspiracies in the time of Coronavirus
It’s long been my view that, if only Twitter voted, David Icke would be Prime Minister
Make Woke not Work
Social justice dons are de-skilling the Cambridge English Faculty
Reconsidering the case for ID cards
If tracking Covid-19 requires “immunity passports” then why not as part of an ID card?
Terror Management
How coronavirus stopped us denying the reality of death
Publish and Be Damned
Woody Allen and the #MeToo mob
Free State or failed state?
The collapse of the Irish party system is news, there and abroad
Is England denying Scotland vital PPE?
The supposed scandal in Scotland has got the facts back to front
Does peak infection sync with lockdown enforcement?
The lockdown logic’s basic arithmetic doesn’t add up
Debating the Covid-19 Lockdown
Toby Young and Kapil Komireddi on this week’s podcast debating the costs of the Covid-19 Lockdown
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
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 lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
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.
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
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
Badgers, banknotes and British decline
Ed Davey might admire Winston Churchill but he should have learned from him
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.