Conservative Party
Could Tice scupper the Tories in Hartlepool?
The Hartlepool by-election will require a careful candidate selection for the Conservatives
You had to be there
Riotous good fun for someone in No 10
The shifting sands of British tribal loyalties
Nick Cohen detects a seismic electoral change based on identity, age and education
A gentleman and a player
The well-rounded life of Stuart Wheeler
What is a conservative?
Brexit proved there is a huge audience for a culturally conservative party, but who will fill it?
Why are Tories unrepresentative of their voters?
The candidate selection office may offer some clues
MPs approve Northern Ireland Abortion Regulations
The government seems determined to impose abortion in Northern Ireland against its will
The language of Conservative priorities
Why does Boris want marriage to be a contract-at-will?
The small matter of Britain’s interest in China
To many Britons, China is a large country, far away
Great minds think alike
Is there a reason why MPs’ Cummings statements all sounded the same?
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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
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle