February 19, 2021

The fantasy of English freedom The average Brit would happily have a microchip in his arm if it meant he could go down the pub

Ed West

14.01

What Dominic Cummings got right He warned that when crisis hit our sclerotic system, it wouldn't cope

Aris Roussinos

05.01

Who are Covid’s guilty men? The British state and its parasitic para-state are unfit for purpose

Aris Roussinos

03.01

Why we need ‘weirdos’ like Dominic Cummings Do we really want policy decisions left in the hands of the innumerate?

Graeme Archer

30.12

Stop bad-mouthing the BBC The War Against the BBC: Like it or not, the majority of Brits trust — and value — Auntie

Sam Leith

13.11

Who’d work in Downing Street? Mediocre pay, terrible conditions, constant backstabbing — no wonder No10 can't get the staff

Polly Mackenzie

27.10

Are special advisers just gossiping grifters? A new book about spads fails to justify the existence of this swollen political class

Polly Mackenzie

01.10

Why lockdown is a moral mess Rules go out of the window when you're battling a fast-moving pandemic

Giles Fraser

24.09

Keir Starmer, a true conservative First complacent, now incoherent, the Tories failed to notice Labour coming for the Red Wall

Maurice Glasman

23.09

What’s to become of the Lib Dem ‘cockroaches’? More interested in trans issues than the state of the nation, Ed Davey's party is facing extinction

James Kirkup

12.08

Why exams pass the test of time There's a reason our assessment system has outlasted world wars — and will withstand Covid

John Gaston

24.07

Who paved the way for the populists? Anne Applebaum's book ignores the real drivers of dissatisfaction with liberal democracy

James Bloodworth