Defence
Don’t trust Labour on defence
Starmer’s surge in defence spending is all bark, no bite
The commentator’s privilege
George Monbiot could use a little more self-reflection
Why the world could be more dangerous in 2025
The old order is breaking apart and bad actors are taking advantage
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
What Trump gets right about NATO
There needs to be a shifting in the balance of responsibility from America to Europe
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
NATO’s unhappy birthday
The world is growing more dangerous and its members need the will to confront new challenges
Ukraine special
Patrick Porter and Sam Ashworth-Hayes discuss the Ukraine invasion
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe