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We are facing a crisis of competency
The struggles of the Office for National Statistics illustrate the struggles of the British state
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe