Spending Review
Spending like there’s no tomorrow
The endless cycle of spending and debt has always been a choice
Unproductive investment
Rishi Sunak boasts a hugerise in public spending. That must mean big tax increases
Do MPs understand what Sunak admitted today?
If MPs felt the cut to foreign aid was today’s worst news then they were not listening
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
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
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
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.