Crime
Britain must escape from the prison of foreign labour
It is a short-term solution with grave second order consequences
How to rescue the grooming gangs inquiry
It needs power, resources and freedom from the Home Office
State incompetence is a national security risk
The accidental release of Hadush Kebatu was worse than embarrassing
The Gallantry List should shame our leaders
We should remember the mistakes of authorities as well as the courage of heroes
Protect children when it matters
It is easy to condemn a convicted paedophile and far more difficult to catch an active predator
Murders for October
Brazil in the 1930s, France in the 1940s and Britain in the 1950s
Progressivism in criminal justice needs locking up
It is based on absurdities and has created misery
Viral outrages
Why has a random act of murder captured the attention of the internet?
Against lifestylism
Begging the state to fix the symptoms of societal dysfunction is the politics of losers
Britain’s Rousseauian delusions
The Noble Savage fable is a comforting story for Britain’s progressives
Most Read
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
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say