Ashley Dalton
The government are banoholics
Banning non-alcoholic drinks for young people is as silly as it is pointless
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism