Government
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Gunfight at the Not-Really-OK Corral
It’s high noon for Sunak’s Conservatives as the bullets start to fly
Torypocalypse
Rishi Sunak has industriously succeeded in alienating everyone
Whitehall in the thick of it
The Civil Service’s utter determination not to do anything ministers ask of it makes the Government’s work tricky
The myth of Sunakos
What if you got everything you wanted and did not deserve?
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
