birth rates
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Pro-parent policies can raise birth rates
Practical change can help people to have as many children as they want
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Building a culture for kids
Financial support is not enough to raise fertility rates
Make childcare cheaper, not more complicated
We won’t educate children better if there are no children to teach
Political fever dreams
Not everything we dislike is Hitler
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
An open letter against assisted dying
118 academics oppose the Leadbeater Bill
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
