Stakeholders
Disengaging from the stakeholders
Prohibitionists seem not to like active citizens who disagree with them
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship