Natasha Brown
Contemporary writing with a twist and a tug
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Return to SENDer
Labour has created a real chance to reform SEND, writes Zachary Marsh — but will it take it?
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future