Constitutional Reform
Do we still live in a democracy?
Elections alone don’t make a democracy. Britain’s institutions are under strain, and trust in the state is slipping
Constitutionally deformed
Robert Peston and Kishan Koria would make our democracy far more dysfunctional
Oh good lords
Think twice about Labour’s constitutional plans
Britain’s constitutional knowledge crisis
Rory Stewart’s ignorance smells of Remainer entitlement
Redefining the rule of law
How much will MPs allow the Lord Chancellor to “rebalance” the constitution?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
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
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?