Civil Servants
The pseudoscience behind Britain’s open borders
Britain’s immigration policy has been run by researchers who were never right — and rarely challenged
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Chasing rainbows
Dissident civil servants have been risking their careers to fight a losing battle against burgeoning Whitehall wokery
Whitehall in the thick of it
The Civil Service’s utter determination not to do anything ministers ask of it makes the Government’s work tricky
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
