Prime Ministers
The dangers of defenestration
Political instability in Australia provides sobering lessons for plotters in the Labour Party
Why are our PMs so bad?
Structural changes have harmed our politics — but we bear responsibility as well
Stop loving losers
Rishi Sunak does not deserve the media’s perverse rehabilitation project
Against beautiful losers
We must lose our attachment to the good-natured failure
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks