SNP
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
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.
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Scotland is approaching a political reckoning
Reform has become a serious force in Scottish politics — but do not count out the SNP
The SNP plan for sex-selective abortion
To ordinary Scots, the policy seems barbaric
The SNP is failing Scotland
A catatonic government is letting down Scotland’s most in-need citizens
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls