Sebastian Payne
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Don’t kid yourselves, Team Kemi
The Tories’ flailing failure looks more like performance art than sound political strategy
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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
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
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.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
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The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships