British Politics
Welcome to the new politics
The Greens might have succeeded in Gorton and Denton but their strategy is unsustainable
Is Britain ungovernable?
Our lack of a shared political identity makes it impossible to govern for everyone
Death by lawyers
How excessive legalism can ruin a political system
The fall and fall of Scottish Labour
Anas Sarwar can only seem to compound the failures of the party in Scotland
Save the Palace of Westminster!
The refusal of the public procurement system to behave reasonably is not an excuse to destroy Parliament
Neither good nor serious
Against the Lost Cause Myth of Starmerism
“15-minute cities” is not a policy
Our political establishment is consumed by tedious exercises in status-signalling
Peter Mandelson must go
His conduct has been shockingly disgraceful
Calm waters
Mike Johnson’s spinelessness was as surreal as it was disingenuous
Of course ECHR withdrawal would not make the UK like Russia
There are serious arguments against leaving the ECHR but this is not one of them
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves