birth rates
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The case for more kids
We have to make Britain family-friendly again
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets