Managerialism
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
Where are the real statesmen?
Neither populists nor managerialists can rule
The failure of Anglican managerialism
The decline in church attendance is a symptom of deeper problems than poor management
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
