Democracy
Go back to the future
Millennial “progressive” politics have worsened our country and undermined democracy itself
Ireland’s growing democratic deficit
Restrictionists and social conservatives are not being represented
A council of despair
Politicians cannot run away from questions about defending women’s rights
We need democracy, not the permanent bureaucracy
Civil servants are hampering the work of our elected representatives
Is Reform inevitable?
Nigel Farage and his comrades cannot grow complacent about gaining or using power
Democracy doesn’t work without a civilisational goal
Elections won’t save us if our elites have no overall mission
Exiting democracy
What do expats in authoritarian states say about the condition of British politics?
Make 16-year-olds adults again
We cannot give them votes while treating them like children
What nation, whose interests?
The struggle for “democratisation” might achieve the opposite of its apparent aims
Votes for 16-year-olds is a bad joke
Democracy, having been devalued, is now being turned into a farce
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The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Manic and messianic
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Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself