British Politics
Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules are smothering the state
There is a great deal of ruin in a nation — but how much is left in the UK?
The British monarchy has never been more secure
It is the least unpopular and controversial element of the establishment
State incompetence is a national security risk
The accidental release of Hadush Kebatu was worse than embarrassing
The last prime minister?
Keir Starmer represents the failure of a whole social order
Zack Polanski is peddling empty promises
There is nothing bold or hopeful about failed policies and wilful ignorance
The myth of “muscular liberalism”
Yesterday’s men lament the symptoms of societal dysfunction while ignoring the conditions that cause them
Why Margaret still matters
The lessons of her leadership are still applicable today
Romanticising the NHS helps no one
We should welcome its successes while urgently seeking to address its failures
The madness of the moderate
The British establishment needs someone with fire in their soul, not just figures in their head
The British state is a machine that kills its operators
The system is the problem, not Keir Starmer
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
How should Christian organisations respond to illegal migration?
It is wrong to think that Christianity demands that we open our borders
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
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
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders