New Zealand
The meaning of Jacinda Ardern
Expect soggy authoritarianism from elite darlings
The veneration of Saint Jacinda
Ardern’s career is a foretaste of a quieter and less frightening world in which workplace feminism has triumphed
Policing art is a slippery slope
The hunger for policing thoughts as well as bodies hasn’t been eradicated, as recent events in New Zealand show
New Zealand’s election & the nation’s mother
ACT’s former leader explains why in Saturday’s general election the free market party is likely to see its best ever result
Year’s mind: James Small and the 1995 Rugby World Cup
ASH Smyth reflects on South Africa’s historic 1995 Rugby World Cup win
Leave the EU to be the EU
CANZUK doesn’t need to copy anyone or force anything
Why is the Anglosphere hated?
CANZUK deserves debate, not character assassination
Can the Anglosphere be saved?
CANZUK is a better idea than British advocates have yet articulated
Paging Uncle Joe
A workable CANZUK might be illiberal and unAmerican
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
