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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The gateway myth
Does one risky lifestyle choice lead to another or are some people just different?
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The strange death of Christian Scotland
Scotland’s religious traditions have been swept away. Now, secular intolerance rules
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism