Law
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Where are Britain’s moral voices?
On decriminalising abortion up to birth, the Archbishop of Canterbury must talk the talk, not walk the walk
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
International law, what is it good for?
International law should not be the sole guide to foreign policy
How the police eats its own
Cowardice and ideology have turned the management against the officers
Death by lawyers
How excessive legalism can ruin a political system
GDPR is legal junk
It is time to secure a belated Brexit win and reform data protection law
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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
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
When compassion kills
Decriminalising vagrancy is no act of kindness
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them