Regulations
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Something in the Bath water
Liberal Democrats are ruining a beautiful city with pointless regulations and Remainer spite
Is Britain closed for business?
New development is being strangled by red tape
Regulation reconsidered
Regulation should be a guide, not a shackle
Calling time on closing times
Pubs should be allowed to stay open longer
Don’t just do something
We should be more sceptical of reactive legislation
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
