Economics
Labour is wrecking the British economy
The UK economy is trapped in a “doom loop” by a clueless government
We have to be Serious Sausages
Ignore the doomers — Britain can be reformed if we are mature about it
Britain has a public sector pay problem
The UK has inverted healthy economic logic
Why we should be more like Poland
Poland is becoming the moral centre of the Western world
Net Zero is incompatible with military preparedness
Strong societies, industries and economies win wars — but does Britain have them?
The problem with “poverty”
A campaign against inequality is masquerading as a campaign against poverty
Zack Polanski is a post-literate politician
The influencer politician cannot understand the substance of policy
Broken bonds
Can Britain’s social safety net be rewoven?
Our economic problems are bigger than we think
The failings of Rachel Reeves are only a small aspect of our economic dysfunction
Immigration policy needs a reality check
On average, migrants from different backgrounds have different outcomes
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Has Donald Trump saved Pedro Sánchez’s career?
Criticism from the widely unpopular American president is a political boon for the Spanish prime minister
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?