Illiberalism
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
A lesson from a century ago
In Helskini, architect Alvar Aalto is treated, for good reasons, as a national hero
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)