Rishi Sunak
Schrodinger’s deal
The Northern Ireland Protocol now exists in a state of quantum uncertainty
The case against the ECHR
Sunak must take on Strasbourg to uphold sovereignty and sound policy
An endangered species
The Conservatives are losing their grip on power
Back in Vogue?
Nova is dreaming of fame and Rishi is trying to get out of the doghouse
The incredible shrinking PM
A low blow from Starmer
Sunak’s constitutional clash could backfire
Warring over equalities legislation bakes it deeper into the British system
Rishi does the maths
Sunak squirms under a grilling from Starmer on the NHS
Carry On Tories
Rishi Sunak could not escape Matt Hancock’s steamy grasp
New Year’s Rishilutions
Can he turn things around? Probably not
Rishi gets an F
There’s no point in teaching uninterested students maths
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
