Rehabilitation
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The drug deaths haunting Scotland
Will the SNP pay attention?
Throwing good money after bad
Spare us the spectacle of incredible claims to reform criminal drug-users by showering them with more public sector love
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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
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up