Economy
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
Debunking degrowth
Want to be poorer and less free? Do we have an ideology for you
Alastair Campbell has it backwards on Ireland
The British government was too indulgent of Irish nationalists
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Academia must not dissolve scholarship into politics
Scholarly rigour must be put above ideological virtue signalling
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
