Futurism
The future is Chinese
The Western art world lays the conceptual ground for a civilisational transition, then lacks the critical nerve to digest it
Strange new world
AI-obsessed policy wonks are trying to re-shape Britain
Britain must not overregulate AI
Staying competitive in the modern world depends on balancing its opportunities and its risks
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian