National Interest
The coming fate of middle powers
Why Britain’s future lies with sovereign partners
Can foreign policy survive migration?
A coherent national interest relies on a coherent nation. That can no longer be assumed.
History and the national interest
Those who do not learn from the past are liable to misunderstand Britain’s place in the world
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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
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”