Right-Wing Politics
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
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.
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid