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Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
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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
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?