Usman Khan
A Clockwork Jihadi
Usman Khan’s failed de-radicalisation bears parallels with A Clockwork Orange
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
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 fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character