Public Sector
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Who’s ready for the Equality Levy?
Birmingham’s bankruptcy is a portrait of Britain’s future
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Our public services are hamstrung by low productivity
The government must do more to help a sluggish state sector catch up
A winter of missed content
Is Britain going to be over by Christmas? Will our brave author survive the coming frost?
Tube strikes aren’t socialist
Why do so many on the Left back poor quality public services?
Channel 4 is not worth conserving
You can’t build a nation on Dr Who, Gin and publicly-owned TV networks
Britain’s squid pro quo
Economic growth is hindered by the profusion of “negative sum” public sector jobs
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
