The Netherlands
The Anglo-Dutch moment and its consequences
The English and the Dutch owe more to each other than they realise
All double dutch
Andrew Cusack says the influence of the Netherlands’ seaborne empire can still be felt around the world, from Manhattan and South Africa to modern Sri Lanka
To win the war, stop fighting
Drug cartels and the underground economy fear legalisation and deregulation
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home