Civil Service
More freedom, less information
The Freedom of Information Act was supposed to guarantee honesty and transparency in government, but has ensured that controversial decisions will be forever shrouded in secrecy
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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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.