The Conservative Party
Political diaries of a Chief Wet
Perhaps being a Conservative MP should be reserved for conservatives?
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
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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
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve