British Politics
Broken bonds
Can Britain’s social safety net be rewoven?
Politicians are football’s fair-weather friends
In general, they seem to love the game only when it is politically convenient
The rising threat of digital exclusion
Old and vulnerable people are at risk of dangerous marginalisation
Government in a nutshell?
The mystery of Keir Starmer’s vision is still a tough nut to crack
Rachel Reeves doesn’t understand basic economics
The Budget is based on ignorance as well as irresponsibility
The Budget was nakedly ideological
Does this dying government want to take the country with it?
Will religion divide the British right?
Using Christianity as a political prop does not help anyone
Scotland is approaching a political reckoning
Reform has become a serious force in Scottish politics — but do not count out the SNP
How British politics is being redefined
The temperamental divide in British politics has been inverted
The problem with Ed Davey
Davey, Davey, give us better answers do
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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
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves