Herbert Spencer
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one