Right-Wing Politics
Will religion divide the British right?
Using Christianity as a political prop does not help anyone
How British politics is being redefined
The temperamental divide in British politics has been inverted
The Right must stop playing the victim
Voters back a strong horse, not a plaintive loser
Harsh rhetoric is not “incitement to violence”
We need less name-calling, but we also need to toughen up
Preach the hard to get the average
It is wrong to assume that there is anything extreme about discontented Britons
We are all extremely online now
Hand-wringing about the “extremely online right” is futile and hypocritical
Against lifestylism
Begging the state to fix the symptoms of societal dysfunction is the politics of losers
Let’s get empirical
The right is more than equipped to argue on the grounds of data
Zia Yusuf needs to grow up
The Reform bigwig has put attention-seeking stunts above serious politics
Against esoteric Skinnerism
We should not mistake a big personality for meaningful politics
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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
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile