Paternalism
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The Rashford trap
Rashford’s campaigning moves the state towards becoming a substitute parent
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics