Vaughan Gething
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers