welfare spending
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs