Silkie Carlo
Liberty in lockdown
Is it time to release democracy from quarantine and resuscitate the rule of law?
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects