British Politics
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
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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
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering