Chinese Communist Party
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Deeply erudite yet highly readable, laying many myths to rest
Seven years in China
COVID, nationalism and Beijing walls
Resurrect forgiveness
China’s surprising take on a celebrated parable reveals a growing global problem
In China’s pocket
Tech UK is taking money from CCP-influenced tech giants to lobby UK politicians
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured