New Labour
Blair is back. And so is Prudence
Labour will take a long view on borrowing in order to avoid being the party of big tax rises
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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
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Out of the equation
Full equation sheets are bad for learning but good for helping students to pretend to understand
Asset-stripping on campus?
Selling universities to private companies risks destroying their charitable purpose
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Getting a handle on Handel
Robert Thicknesse and friends reflect on Handel and his heyday
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble