Coal
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The Miners’ Last Stand
Fifty years ago, the miners took on a Conservative Government and won
A principled non-resignation
Does Trudy Harrison still think opponents of the coal mine are in cloud cuckoo land?
Mining for votes
Lewis Baston on the link between coalfields and the 2019 election
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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
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty