Government
Welcome to late Soviet Britain
The inauthenticity of British politics has led to cynicism and despair
How to enact a Great Repeal
We need a deregulatory agenda, but it has to be done right
Britain needs a quangopalypse
A periodic “quango cull” is not enough
The revenge of the Blob
Mercurius Cantabrigiensis laments the bias in the public appointments system
British politics needs more history
Despite unprecedented resources, we are failing to learn from the past
Bad guidance and empty words
The government cannot be trusted to protect single-sex spaces
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
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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
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction