James Innes-Smith
Anthology of asininity
Lisa Hilton finds it hard to imagine that this guide will be of actual use to anyone at all
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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
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave