Public Sector
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
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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 third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform