Brendan O’Neill
The Marxist cell in Number 10
Adam LeBor investigates the former communist cult that has found common cause with the prime minister and the Brexiteer Conservative right
The Lockdown Sceptics
The ‘liberators’ fighting back against the ‘ever-lockers’
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Ireland has become an exporter of gender ideology
An architect of Irish trans policy has been elected Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing