Government
Who regulates the regulators?
No case has been made for giving the Electoral Commission more power
Boris’s failures over COVID and Black Lives Matter
What is needed but is sorely lacking is the smack of firm government, says Nigel Jones
Is Boris Johnson the wrong man?
And do we still have a national story? With Simon Heffer and Jeremy Black
Debating the Covid-19 Lockdown
Toby Young and Kapil Komireddi on this week’s podcast debating the costs of the Covid-19 Lockdown
Has the government overreacted to the Coronavirus Crisis?
Toby Young questions whether the drastic measures put in place now will harm us more in the future
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
