Cristopher Geidt
The toothless lord
Lord Geidt has not started well as the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
In praise of Pixar
The animation studio produces surprisingly sound as well as entertaining films
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
We do not need mass migration for growth
Critics of mass migration have to be careful not to concede too much in their arguments
Lessons from the Argentinians
There is little value in complaining about foul play if you cannot win