Paternalism
The Rashford trap
Rashford’s campaigning moves the state towards becoming a substitute parent
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
