International Politics
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future