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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say