Berkeley Moynihan
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
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be