Tower Hamlets
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The bludgeoning of Brick Lane
Prioritising millionaires over working class communities is now standard practice for London Labourites
The final toll
Raise a glass and stay briefly silent tonight in remembrance of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
