Nativism
The liberal establishment is to blame for public outrage
Ignoring and enabling horrendous crimes has encouraged a nativist backlash
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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
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
The great American dream
Beware the lure of the vast US market
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub