Reparations
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The folly of self-flagellation
An older, patriotic multiculturalism has curdled in recent years
Slaves’ descendants don’t deserve reparations
A new book fails to make a rational or moral case for reparations
The great £100 million CofE giveaway
The Church of England is throwing good money after bad ideology
The miserable nomos of Starmerism
The arc of history is long but it bends towards Keir Starmer paying reparations
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit