Tim MacGabhann
From Celtic fringe to Bible belt
Forcing the reader to slow down and sink in deeper
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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
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal