Matt Goodwin
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
Who gets to be British?
Jeevun Sandher’s attempt to declare Matt Goodwin “not very British” reveals a shallow, ahistorical and politically convenient vision of the nation
Beyond the one-man band
With defections looming and insiders hedging their bets, Reform faces an awkward question: who actually fills its benches?
A tale of two conferences
The camp tone of the Reform conference masks genuine political seriousness
Will losing Essex man tip Kemi over the edge?
If Reform win a by-election on their own incompetence, a Tory leadership challenge beckons
A college call to arms
How to fix the educational decline brought through conformity to EDI agendas
I did my job on the rape gangs, actually
The root of the grooming gangs scandal is misogyny
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them