Scotland
Enjoying warm hospitality in chilly Aberdeen
Al Fresco smuggles Mediterranean home cooking up to the Silver City on the North Sea
Scotland is approaching a political reckoning
Reform has become a serious force in Scottish politics — but do not count out the SNP
My denial is your refutation
Infamy, poetry and exhibitionistic vulnerability
The SNP plan for sex-selective abortion
To ordinary Scots, the policy seems barbaric
How to fix Holyrood
Holyrood is broken — but not beyond repair
Some observations on aspects of contemporary Scotland
The splendid and unique heritage of Scotland is being betrayed
The SNP is failing Scotland
A catatonic government is letting down Scotland’s most in-need citizens
Thatcher in Scotland
Margaret Thatcher attracted loathing and respect
Scotland is ready for Reform
The conditions are right for Nigel Farage and friends to shake up Scottish politics
Shipbuilding and Space are a British success story
How to buck the national trend of failure
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
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
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Carl Schmitt in Miami
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