Simon Heffer
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first
Free speech in an uncivil society
A climate of intolerance is threatening the pursuit of reason.
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Benches without borders
From Gaza to asylum appeals, Britain’s immigration courts are making decisions that weaken border enforcement.
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning