State Spending
Reconnecting health with beauty
Must new hospitals invariably be so ugly?
An away win
Can the Conservatives win on “Labour issues” like poverty?
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own