Franz Ferdinand
When I talked over Franz Ferdinand
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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
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods