Conservative Party
The follies of the wets
There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists
The way forward for conservatives
We must have bold politicians who really believe in the things they promise
Repent, Richard Holden
The Conservative Party needs to hold itself to account
This isn’t about me
Who? Me? A future Conservative Party leader? Well, if you say so…
The Conservatives must repent and rebuild
The Tories have to put themselves in a position to exploit Labour weakness
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
A majority built on sand
Keir Starmer should not feel too triumphant — hard times lie ahead
Will the next prime minister stand up for women’s rights?
Rhetorical progress has been made on gender issues — but will it affect policy?
The Conservatives must return to the centre
Populist demagoguery has ruined the party
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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
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity