Kemi Badenoch
Time to purge the Tory wets
The Conservatives can’t survive without taking on their left flank
Giggling in the sea
At least British politics appears to amuse our politicians
No one is fighting a proxy war for Britain
Kemi Badenoch has unwittingly exposed the need for Britain to change course on foreign policy
Kemi the Conservonaut fails to launch
We must yet wait with bated breath for her to (possibly) announce a policy Reform has already adopted
Rule of the playground
Don’t run to the teacher if you don’t get your way in Parliament
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Don’t kid yourselves, Team Kemi
The Tories’ flailing failure looks more like performance art than sound political strategy
Where’s Reform’s Beef?
If the rise in popular support is real, then Reform can’t be a one-man band
Chagone
A serious party of the Right would promise to reverse the Chagos deal and jail those involved
Over her head
This was a clear U-turn, made on a busy road in broad daylight, with hazard lights flashing
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse