Conservative MPs
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
The Conservatives must return to the centre
Populist demagoguery has ruined the party
Going on a Truss hunt
We’re not scared — but Conservative MPs should be
You can’t beat the left at its own game
Conservative attempts to reverse leftist victimology are doomed to fail
The rise and fall of Rishi
Exceptional good fortune met common mediocrity
The curse of super-councillors
MPs should not be focused on the local at the expense of the national
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Walking a tightrope
It is not easy for Jeremy Hunt to toe the government line without falling off
The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson
Bad behaviour has to come with consequences
The Conservatives need a clear-out
Failed advisers and politicians have to be removed
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
