Chinese FDI
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
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Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
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Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
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These violent delights
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