Laila Cunningham
The limits of Laila Cunningham
Reform’s new stars must prove that they can think deeply and not just indulge in anti-woke posturing
Politics on cheat mode
Westminster’s politics are switched to easy settings while Farage thrives on cheat mode
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris