British Politics
Lettuce be, Liz
Liz Truss’s account of her woeful reign is packed with disingenuity and conceit
Gove away
Sentimental tributes to the outgoing Tory overstate his political virtues
Dismantle the HR state
Opaque standards committees are putting British public life in a stranglehold
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
Jane Austen versus virtue signalling
What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced