Immigrants
Britain has unrealistic asylum obligations
The government cannot solve the small boats crisis without changing its approach to refugees
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets