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 establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Welsh Labour is doomed
New scandals will speed up its decline into irrelevance
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate