UK Politics
Union flags alone are not enough
Even vexed vexillologists know fighting separatism needs more than three colours
Thatcher’s ‘Wiring Diagram’ and why we need it once again
We need a new Hoskyns-inspired intervention to deal with today’s cultural crisis
Decentralisation and the impact of political contingencies
The historical power struggle between uniformity and decentralisation
Had cake, ate cake
Why Boris won’t allow other people to enjoy the things he has
The simplest thing is difficult
Does Dominic Cummings know what he doesn’t know about Defence policy?
Warming is not the only threat
Our response to Covid-19 has shown us that national security depends on more than tanks, planes and climate preparedness
Britain’s little Hitlers
Richard Griffiths reviews Failed Führers, by Graham Macklin
Britain’s dangerous moment
Protest, pandemic and recession are a reminder of the fine line between civility and chaos
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
