Dominic Cummings
The man who wasn’t there wasn’t there
Boris virtually
The historical role of the maîtresse-en-titre
Nigel Jones looks at how the mistresses and girlfriends of rulers have exerted political power throughout history
Dominic Cummings’s 2020 vision
Why didn’t Dom do data?
Quiet, you’ll get yours in a minute
He’d have wanted “Dropping the Pilot”
“But is it good for the Jews?” Why Dom Cummings departure probably is
Toby Young was a huge fan of Dominic Cummings. The lockdown changed his mind
Who will be the next No.10 Chief?
The runners and riders for the Downing St. Chief of Staff job
Expelliarmus!
Harry Potter is cancelled, Sainsbury’s cancel their shoppers, Taxpayers fund Stonewall, and packing the (UK) Supreme Court
Politicians versus mandarins
Spats between governments and civil servants are inevitable when administrations have a radical agenda
Does it all add up to you?
The British state can neither gather, interpret, nor explain its own statistics
Excl: Liz Truss thinks No.10 leaked her letter
The Trade Secretary is privately unhappy with Downing St
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature