UK Politics
Why asylum abuse will get worse after Brexit
The government is blaming international rules while under-investing in national alternatives
Free speech is under threat in Northern Ireland
New hate crime proposals could make Northern Ireland the least free part of the UK
The never-ending inquiries into the murder of Pat Finucane
Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis has announced further reviews to appease the incoming Biden administration
The British-French border con
In the English Channel, France fails and the British government spins
Pop over to Tier 3, take a shufti, don’t come back
It will raise the whole tone of the pandemic
Over the top with Boris
The prime minister is trying to portray the Covid pandemic as a war. It isn’t one
A day in the life of the Covid Physician
Johnson, Whitty, Vallance, Hancock, and SAGE worry the Covid Physician far more than Covid-19 does
The offshoring of British social policy
Perhaps it is time we introduced bodies bankrolled by the UK taxpayer which support a commitment to democracy
Thursday morning blues
Anything more and they’d expect too much
International aid – size isn’t everything
The 0.7% target has only ever been an incentive for more aid, not better aid
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana