Quangocracy
The Green lobby goes quiet
Britain’s environmental NGOs once waged holy war on Tory planning reform — now, under Labour, their outrage has given way to a conspicuous silence.
The watchdog that doesn’t bark
If the Office for Budget Responsibility cannot prevent catastrophe, what purpose does it serve?
Death by quango
If Keir Starmer wants change, he should deconstruct the quango state
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
