Conservative Party
A circular firing squad
The Conservatives have no one but each other to blame
Legacy of failure
13 years of missed chances, bungled crises and miserable inaction
The making of Sunak
The P.M. has the brittle self-confidence of a true Wykehamist
Flourish we must
British conservatives must focus on action over rhetoric
The Tories are worse than weak
The Conservatives cannot blame powerlessness for their failures
Do you want grandchildren?
The human consequences of an acrimonious debate
The sick man of Europe
Britain is caught in a doom spiral of low wages and high welfare
The Tories deserve to be hated
If not for the reasons many of their critics hate them
Sunak drifts towards irrelevance
The PM seems to have no ambitions beyond not being Liz or Boris
Conservatism’s America problem
The British right is buying into a failed US culture war
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice