Office for National Statistics
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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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Latin love, Hispanic hate
Spain and Argentina’s complex relationship is being strained by the World Cup
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?