American Politics
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?