British Politics
Clear them all out
Downing Street officials should be held to higher standards
On British chumocracy
Playing Six Degrees of Petronella Wyatt
What are historians for?
Contemporary commentary or timeless reflection?
Feelings don’t care about your facts
Politics is about emotions at least as much as about reason
The devolution delusion
Britain is stuck with the recycling of failed ideas
The miseries of Maugham
What is the Good Law Project accomplishing?
What happened to shame?
Our politicians could do with feeling worse about themselves
In praise of incivility
Je suis Nicola
The three circles of hell
Today’s glossy big-city party conferences are even more nightmarish than the traditional grim trips to run-down seaside resorts
Towards a right-wing Blob
Arguments are useless without institutions
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s intellectual journey from Peterhouse, to a London college full of left-wing firebrands, from sophisticated intellectual soirées in Holland Park to a “bohemian blur” in Essex and a squalid Fleet Street pub
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
