Priti Patel
The paradox of free speech
If the Civil Service wants to retain its reputation for political impartiality, then it needs to exclude those who promote only certain kinds of politics
What we talk about when we want to do nothing
The problematic discourse is disingenuous opportunism
Britain’s online censorship bill
The government’s Online Safety Bill will make us more like the autocracies that propagate disinformation
Priti Patel vs College of Policing
Is the Home Secretary seizing the political initiative before she’s forced to?
Should asylum be granted for life?
Lessons for Priti Patel on how Denmark reduced its appeal to asylum seekers
An island for asylum
Is the Home Office serious about sending asylum seekers to a British island?
The interior minister
Priti Patel makes the police case in parliament
Why is the Cabinet still so united?
There is a crisis in the country, but not in Whitehall – why?
Hard science is Priti difficult
Getting schooled by the facts of life
A Priti pass
The Home Secretary ought to be up to the job
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets