Renewables
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Our energy policies have run out of puff
The government’s £1.8bn windfall for wind farms is a storm of stupidity
The unknown cost of Net Zero
Net Zero was signed into law with barely a debate and no clear price tag. New analysis shows the true costs are wildly uncertain
Taking the wind out of the Guardian’s sails
No, wind power has not saved Britain £104 billion since 2010
Spain’s blackout cover-up is a lesson in green spin
The power cuts and their fallout are a chilling reminder of the need for rational debate on energy
We are on the brink of blackouts
The establishment must wake up to the scale of British energy insecurity
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Farage bursts the green bubble
Nigel Farage is right about the unrestrained pursuit of Net Zero
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future