British Politics
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
A tale of two conferences
The camp tone of the Reform conference masks genuine political seriousness
Reform should wake up from their American dream
Nigel Farage and friends should not adopt the Trump model
What a silly summer
Notes on people who really should have taken a holiday
Americans are unhealthily obsessed with British decline
Britain is in a bad state but some of its would-be friends are not helping
We are being governed by economic illiterates
The establishment does not understand the relationship between producers and consumers
Britain doesn’t need a strongman, it needs a spine
Politicians must stop delaying difficult decisions
The Conservatives must push what is falling
Kemi Badenoch has failed and it is time to move on
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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
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines