conscription
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
National dis-service
Patriotism can’t, and shouldn’t be, compelled
The West’s Ukraine policy is no longer ethical
Conscription is a moral evil we should not support
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
