Civil Service
Politicians versus mandarins
Spats between governments and civil servants are inevitable when administrations have a radical agenda
The BLM takeover of Whitehall
Why don’t ministers care about the politics of their civil servants?
A nation of lawyers
Secret, haphazard pseudo-laws are not the way to treat the coronavirus
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity