British Politics
Against esoteric Skinnerism
We should not mistake a big personality for meaningful politics
In defence of the Irish pathway to citizenship
Rather than opening doors to anyone, it affirms an old friendship
The UK is no longer an “open” country for free expression
Britain is now a world leader in censorship
Vale of tears
Rachel Reeves’s misery sums up the state of the Labour government
The end of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer has already wasted his opportunity to govern
Does Northern Ireland need Reform?
Farage and friends have intriguing but uncertain prospects in Northern Ireland
Britain’s Götterdämmerung
The grooming gangs scandal has shamed Britain
Winning elections is not enough for Reform
The party must prepare itself for an assault on its legitimacy
Lord Hermer’s friends and enemies
The attorney general has offered an accidental insight into the true nature of Starmerite proceduralism
Welcome to late Soviet Britain
The inauthenticity of British politics has led to cynicism and despair
Most Read
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
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
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.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)