Political Philosophy
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Can liberalism recover?
A new book charts a different course for a dispositional liberalism
John Gray is wrong about postliberalism
A strong and energetic state requires a strong and energetic culture
What nation, whose interests?
The struggle for “democratisation” might achieve the opposite of its apparent aims
Lord Hermer’s friends and enemies
The attorney general has offered an accidental insight into the true nature of Starmerite proceduralism
Do countries have ethics?
A state depends on its reputation, not just its wealth or power
Towards a Farage Doctrine
The mischievous populist should look to a great liberal philosopher
Let’s put experts in their place
Expertise is important but so are its epistemic and moral limits
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
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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
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge