General Election 2024
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
The Conservatives must learn from their failures
Our failure was predictable and must not be repeated
The collapse of the Tory Party has just begun
How Reform crippled the Conservatives
The follies of the wets
There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists
Repent, Richard Holden
The Conservative Party needs to hold itself to account
This isn’t about me
Who? Me? A future Conservative Party leader? Well, if you say so…
Labour won’t survive unless it boosts living standards
People need hope that things can eventually get better
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
That was the night that was
A new dawn has broken, even if the sky is grey
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
