Private Schools
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Are private schools worth it?
Parental background has a bigger impact than education
Defend Christian private schools
Keir Starmer’s tax raid would be bad for children, parents and the state
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Is charging VAT on private schools a vote loser?
Whether a policy is wise and whether it is unpopular are different questions
The making of Sunak
The P.M. has the brittle self-confidence of a true Wykehamist
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Podcasting while Britain burns
OK, OK, it’s all very deplorable, but Britain’s right wing bloggers still have to make a living
