Richard Dale
The church and slavery: the facts
The Church of England’s self-flagellation over its supposed past investments in the slave trade is based on seriously flawed research
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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
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
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.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real