Conservative MPs
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
The case against “Zero Seats”
Despite everything, some Conservatives still deserve to win
Is Badenoch ready?
The stand-out Conservative looks less convincing with each interview
The grey vote will not save the Tories
Appealing to older voters is failing as an electoral strategy
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
