Columns
“Efficiency” is masked racism
If someone isn’t behaving like a Nazi, They’re definitely a Nazi
Battling the bullshitters
Why be a loser when others are winning by spewing nonsense?
Georgia on my mind
Georgia is growing in crediblitiy as a rugby power
The clock ticks ever louder
The Tory excuse of wait-and-see on the performance of their leader is already wearing thin
We should hail the cab-rank rule
The principle that barristers should accept any brief is all too easily sidestepped
VAR is a blight on the Premier League
A blight on the Premier League
The end of the news
The appetite for all journalism wanes
Let the people decide
Libel actions once heard by juries are now exclusively tried by judges alone
A land fit for apparatchiks
The government is “freeing up” billions of pounds to invest in the future of the Labour
The price of virtue signalling
Pandering to the liberal social agenda is a drain on Britain’s productivity
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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
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards