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
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The warp and weft of women’s history
This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Rejoice, the war is over!
Remember when Keir Starmer took the knee for BLM to demonstrate his opposition to the culture war?
Lactose intolerance
Stories of social progress are our mother’s, er, I mean, our parents’ milk
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform