Parliament
Number 10 needs a caretaker
But who’s up for the thankless task of cleaning up Boris’s mess?
Papa can you hear me?
Offering prayers for the government — God knows they need them
Where the flak?
Behold Boris — veteran of foreign wars
Tory Story
Playtime is never over in Westminster
The farce awakens
Not long ago, in a parliament far, far away
Women’s rights shouldn’t be up for debate
MPs need to stop questioning the rights of biological women
Tribes of Westminster
Steve Baker MP, Christian Libertarian
Starmer could do better
Boris would be a more effective leader of the opposition than Sir Keir
Why hasn’t the Cabinet lost faith in Boris?
It is the history of Cabinet resignations, not no confidence votes, that indicates whether a Tory PM survives
Boris brings up the rear
The prime minister is consistent only in his untidiness and unpreparedness
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
