Michael Anton
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech