Economics
The problem with protectionism
Choice is the foundation of a successful economy
We can’t afford not to reform public sector pensions
Reform would eliminate one of Britain’s largest long-term liabilities
Andy Burnham doesn’t understand economics
His plan to “re-industrialise” illustrates devastating economic illiteracy
Is Mark Carney a Straussian?
The rules-based order might have been based on fiction but fiction is essential in politics
The mistakes of Manchesterism
Andy Burnham is being unrealistic about growth
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?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
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
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.