William Hague
What happened to literary politicians?
The decline of literary statespeople is a symptom of the decline of politics
How Kemi can improve at PMQs
The Tory leader neither seems to enjoy, nor prepare for the weekly clash
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Does PMQs still matter?
Was William Hague overestimated where Sir Keir Starmer is still underestimated?
A gentleman and a player
The well-rounded life of Stuart Wheeler
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project