12/02/2019 - 12:00am

Our prisons are a national disgrace Boris Johnson's pledge to lock up yet more vulnerable offenders treats the vulnerable as political pawns

Ian Birrell

29.11

Will Boris save social democracy? The Tory party is going through one of its great evolutionary shifts — and Labour's going to have to change too

David Goodhart

29.11

Why not cancel Nancy Astor? The former MP had a statue unveiled yesterday, yet many historical figures have been condemned for far less racist views

Douglas Murray

29.11

Don’t fall for the Black Friday scam Gifting may be economically illiterate — but giving the right present is so good for the soul

Polly Mackenzie

28.11

How toxic is Scottish masculinity? Rachel McCormack's new documentary, <i>The Ideal Scotsman</I> casts an empathetic eye over the men who wear tartan skirts

Julie Bindel

28.11

Where in Britain does ‘do God’? New polling finds that faith is more vigorous in the cities, especially in places shaped by migration

Giles Fraser

28.11

Should we have just waited for the EU to die? Niall Ferguson reveals how you can be both anti-EU and anti-Brexit

Peter Franklin

28.11

Labour is institutionally anti-Semitic Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters need to stop obfuscating, strawmanning and deflecting

Maajid Nawaz

27.11

Britain’s divisions go way, way back Political maps here and across Europe reflect the actions of long-dead kings and empires

Ed West

27.11

Everything we do with tax is wrong Our hugely complicated tax system takes huge chunks of our cash — yet only makes inequality worse

Dominic Frisby

27.11

Why would the US want George W Bush back? The rehabilitation of the prodigal president says much about the state of American politics

Christopher Rhodes

26.11

Don’t write Labour off yet Ever since the campaign began, public support for Jeremy Corbyn’s party has been rising

Matthew Goodwin