British Politics
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Young people are not as pro-immigration as you think
The idea that young people are uniformly “woke” is a silly myth
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Bad tradwife manifesto
From have it all feminism to tradwife influencers, women are being given impossible ideals and taught to refuse limitations
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
The problem with precarity
Professional insecurity is harming workers and institutions alike
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
The Just Stop Oil sentences were just
Direct action protestors are not immune from the operation of the law
Real pond life
There is a simple way to foster biodiversity
Fear and favour
Are the police guilty of a “two tier” approach? They are if their own “Police Race Action Plan” is to be believed
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Keep prisoners of war off social media
Social media platforms are incentivising war crimes
