Joe Wright
Joe Wright: Auteur of awfulness
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan