Peter Rickets
Why we’re in the state we’re in
Woolly thinking, cloudy expression, and the possibility that great matters are at hand: two books by a pair of Foreign Office grandees
Ireland’s Future has no future
Despite Irish separatist campaigning, Northern Ireland’s future remains firmly in the UK
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Neither “side” can offer peace to the holy land
The logic of partisanship turns lethal when it comes to Gaza
Europe between the Seine and the Tiber
It is time for Paris and Rome to rethink sovereignty and their relationship with the EU
It’s called X, not XXX
Elon Musk is wrong to open the door to porn on X
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business
Hand to mouth
Delicacy, of unknown origins, makes us reluctant to pull plums with our thumbs
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future