Heidi Alexander
Plane stupid
How the Heathrow fire, like everything else, proved that Richard Tice’s politics are correct
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Stop bullying British expats
Opportunistic attacks on expatriates in Dubai are ignorant and obnoxious
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then