Argument
How not to argue
A new book is an unreliable guide to talking about controversial issues
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history