Mr Stimpson
The limits of optimism
Like Mr Stimpson in the film Clockwise, Boris Johnson is learning about the perils of fostering hope
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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
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to