British Politics
Britain needs action on legal immigration, not just illegal immigration
The weakening of British borders has been expensive and undemocratic
Hoary Rory
Rory Stewart is the hero of his own story
We must hold Starmerism to account
Keir Starmer’s laws can be used against his project
Flattering the beast
For now, the kingdom has bought off the monster
Death by quango
If Keir Starmer wants change, he should deconstruct the quango state
How could Starmer be so stupid?
The Mandelson appointment illuminates Number 10’s delusional sense of self
The left don’t need Big John
Political movements embarrass themselves by trying to recruit unlikely spokespeople
We are facing a crisis of competency
The struggles of the Office for National Statistics illustrate the struggles of the British state
Why I’m defecting to Reform
The Conservative Party has failed Britain
A Reformed Britain — if you can govern it
Reform must become a governing party if it is to survive
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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
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy