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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
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form