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Opera’s wild vicissitudes of fortune under both Labour and the Conservatives
The case for realism
We should be pessimistic about the possibility of change
The intellectual who loved a drama
Maurice Cowling, Conservative commentator and historian, influenced thought on the right of the party
Go back to the future
Millennial “progressive” politics have worsened our country and undermined democracy itself
How can we make us all British?
Strong social norms once helped integration, but not in today’s fractured society
Accost in translation
Each new rendering must make the case for its superiority to previous versions
Island of strangers?
The decline of popular aphorisms reflects the disappearance of a shared moral code
Time to chuck out the lawyers
The immigration system is broken beyond repair, thanks to activist barristers and a hopeless Home Office
Prospect in middle age
Insider reflections on Britain’s political magazine scene
How I was secretly logged as a criminal by police
In the Kafkaesque world of guilt without proof
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy