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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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
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one