HS2
Unproductive investment
Rishi Sunak boasts a hugerise in public spending. That must mean big tax increases
Train to nowhere
HS2 represents the guilt of successive central governments about the centralisation they are incapable of correcting
Sunak’s folly
The Chancellor’s rash splurge on infrastructure is a worrying sign that Britain’s economic policy is heading in the wrong direction
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
Fears for tiers
The British state must be impartial in the face of different outbreaks of criminality
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life