British Politics
Something is rotten in the state of Starmer
The government’s reactionary defensiveness is a mistake
No more bloody inquiries
They tend to be a pointless waste of time and money
The liberal establishment is to blame for public outrage
Ignoring and enabling horrendous crimes has encouraged a nativist backlash
We need a proper inquiry into grooming gangs
It must be independent, transparent and efficient
The establishment is still denying justice to the victims of grooming gangs
Institutional failures must be exposed and accounted for
The government must stand up to India on immigration
An exemption from National Insurance contributions would be intolerable
Has Kemi Badenoch engineered a political disaster?
Barring a late Christmas miracle, her allegations against Reform UK seem to have backfired
The assisted suicide debate is not over
But will its supporters try and stop genuine scrutiny?
The curse of the SW1ers
We need people who can actually do things, not just be their beautiful selves
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
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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
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library