rationality
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Why conservatism is rational
Conservatives should take pride in the rationality of their reasoning
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments