Greater Manchester
Should all England be a Greater Manchester?
Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you