Dominic Raab
An all time high
Strangers are just people you haven’t infected yet
Reshuffle Live
Liz Truss replaces Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary
Thursday morning blues
Anything more and they’d expect too much
Excl: Belarus opposition leader says “all action” UK is “example to the world”
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: The UK’s strong support against Lukashenko is better than EU which “cannot bring itself to agree”
Leaving Hong Kong – will China’s loss be Britain’s gain?
It’s Hong Kong’s middle class – not the hyper-wealthy – who may leave. But Britain may not be their preferred option.
Starmer for the Prosecution
At his first PMQs, Labour’s new leader offered a masterclass in constructive opposition
The designated survivor
Churchill’s stroke in 1953 does not create a workable precedent for Dominic Raab to follow
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
