Whigs
The great divide
The party divide gave voice to incompatibly different visions of national destiny
How the first culture war ended
The Whig vs Tory battle was resolved through pragmatism and compromise
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The ways of Whigs
What unites the parliaments of the 18th and 21st centuries?
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unconquered by a
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What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man