European Politics
The Catalan gridlock
Catalans are losing their identity as well as their hopes for sovereignty
A radical right-wing trio
A new generation of radicals in France see their political mission as nothing less than saving European civilisation
Whose rule of law?
The European Union refuses to call out democratic backsliding when orchestrated by the left
Stuck in a Rutte
An assessment of Dutch politics under Prime Minister Mark Rutte
The strange death of Spain
A power-hungry socialist Prime Minister has struck a deal with separatists
What the Polish election means
It has major implications for conservatism and left-liberalism in Europe
How the Danes paid the Danegeld
We should resist the new blasphemy laws
The strange death of liberal Germanophilia
Do the Germans “do it better”?
An opposition unto itself
Ahead of the Spanish elections, the alliance opposing the leftist ruling coalition is falling apart
The strongman we know
The alternative to Erdogan could be worse
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough