Rationing
The failure of central planning
It didn’t work in the late 1940s or the early 2020s
Sins of omission
Taking statistics out of context is a dangerous games, says Theodore Dalrymple
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
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
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again