YIMBY
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent