PC Cliff Mitchell
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground