Slogans
The horror of greetings inflation
Social niceties today demand a performative jeremiad on the state of the world
Newly-minted mission statements
The Brexit coin takes bogus aspiration as part-ambition, part-accomplishment
Linguistic confusion
Dominic Hilton has more trouble with English than Spanish in Argentina
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
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.
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves