British constitution
Do we still live in a democracy?
Elections alone don’t make a democracy. Britain’s institutions are under strain, and trust in the state is slipping
Against legalism
The problem is often law, not just bad law
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Lording it over us
Cameron may not be a welcome sight, but we should celebrate the return of peers to the cabinet
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal