Evidence
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Let’s get empirical
The right is more than equipped to argue on the grounds of data
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
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
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art