motte and bailey
Fort Mordaunt – a castle with a keep
Penny Mordaunt treats us to her motte and bailey defence
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
