EU
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
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Tame Impala fails to impress
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian