Conservative Party
Is Boris Johnson the John Major of our day?
Anthony Broxton investigates the similarities between two political scandals
Boris’s Corona Catastrophe
An indolent, blustering prime minister surrounded by supine, vacuous incompetents
The future of the Conservative Party
John Bowers reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
The big state heir to Blair
James Kirkup reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
Exclusive: CCHQ believe lockdown will be over by Autumn
Tories are planning their conference with no mention of the pandemic
Populist smears of an unpopular elite
The conservative debate over nationhood is one of the most consequential in years
Our ideology in the North
Is there such a thing as social neoconservatism?
A philosopher of deeds
Roger Scruton was a doer as well as a thinker
Few heirs to spare
Is philosophy even within reach of conservatives?
Caught in the class war crossfire
Independent schools stand to lose, whoever wins the general election
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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 Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear