Boris Johnson
The Boriswave hasn’t even hit the shore
If new migration rules aren’t applied retrospectively, the Boriswave could yet cost £230 billion
Shortcummings
Reform should ignore Dominic Cummings’s ongoing efforts to give Tim Shipman copy
Boris Johnson, the Wrath of God
On the resurrection of the bloated Lazarus
Don’t kid yourselves, Team Kemi
The Tories’ flailing failure looks more like performance art than sound political strategy
Brexit: Endgame
The Earth’s Dreariest Heroes might have run out of sequels
Victory!/Defeat!
It was the best of deals, it was the worst of deals
Is the “Boriswave” a useful concept?
Opponents of mass migration are obscuring the historical record
There’s no evidence for menu calorie counts
Calorie counts on menus are thoughtless puritanism, masquerading as science
Sede vacante
The Critic has been canvassing our top sources for suggestions on the new Pope
Boris Johnson is as shameless as ever
There is no case for his return to politics
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own