Quangos
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.
Death by quango
If Keir Starmer wants change, he should deconstruct the quango state
British courts are being clogged by unaccountable quangos
How can an Australian company be sued by Brazilians — in Britain?
Attack of the quangocrats
Taxpayers should not foot the bill of an equal pay litigation unit
Britain needs a quangopalypse
A periodic “quango cull” is not enough
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Nesta, I detest ya
An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
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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
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss