Nigel Farage
The new model Brexit Party
“We are the new radicals” claimed Nigel Farage, as he launched his Contract with the People
The Hartlepool Declaration
How much impact will Farage’s retreat really have?
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness
Turkey must be at the centre of Donald Trump’s policy for the Middle East
It would be pure folly to alienate such an important regional power
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art