Foreign Policy
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Ruling neverland
Having attained the highest office, Starmer must discover why he wanted it
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
