Satire
The camping trip
A sizzling summer of sex has passed me by
Arrest this high priest of hate
The End of Woke is ignorant, offensive, and I have no intention of reading it
The Hon. Jeremy Wellbourne
Are you a young (under 50) writer with a passion for social justice?
Peston’s Inbox: Going nowhere
A city break, Ibiza DJ and very normal holiday
Go substack yourself!
I’ve had it up to here with your nonsense!
That Kemi reshuffle in full
The new Conservative frontbench is almost as full of talent as the last
Our position is No More U-Turns
Slowly going round in circles
Make every day a Pride day
Many organisations this year forgot to put up their flags
Diana Lampwick: Dutiful daughter
A pinch of Tolkien diffused in a pool muddied by the feet of Michael Moorcock
Mumbling “no fire” in a blazing theatre
Keir Starmer’s impersonation of normalcy is less than convincing
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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence