Democracy
The miracle of the Constitution
On 3 May 1791, Poland became the cradle of constitutionalism in continental Europe
United in hatred
America’s crisis of legitimacy
The real threat to Israeli democracy
How is it “undemocratic” to tilt power towards elected representatives?
On British chumocracy
Playing Six Degrees of Petronella Wyatt
Close the Confucius Institutes
Britain should not be enabling Chinese soft power
Populists: doing us all a favour
Don’t sneer at those who challenge the vested interests of the elite
What we owe the dead
On the community of generations
How liberalism stole democracy
And how to get it back
Confusing populism with tyranny
Gideon Rachman fails to distinguish the strong from those who pretend to be
Democracy without a demos
We have to overcome post-1989 illusions
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How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Pride’s heir
Removing Gavin Barwell sends a message, but Badenoch should go much further
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life