De-industrialisation
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
The case for a British military-industrial complex
Deindustrialisation will cost the UK dearly in 21st century warfare
Are the Germans doing it better?
Putting the UK’s economic performance in perspective
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
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
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked