Viktor Orbán
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The Hungarian model mirage
There is no foreign utopia for disaffected Westerners
Oligarchy is eating Orbanism
Inertia, youth disquiet, and stormy office politics could be the death of Fidesz in government
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
Orbán: guardian of liberal freedoms
Rod Dreher argues the west’s Orbán hysteria is absurd and that hungary is safe, civilised and democratic
Why Orbán endures
Critics of the Hungarian government have to understand its popularity
The countercultural island within conservative Hungary
A dispatch from Sziget Festival
Who are the National Conservatives?
National Conservatism Conference diary: message discipline and hidden divisions
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The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport