A woke witch hunt has taken over the arts
Remove the preconceptions that stop you seeing clearly, and it is hard to tell the difference between how the arts…
Would Biden punish Sunak for pulling out of the ECHR?
The US government has warned British security officials that the ‘five eyes’ intelligence-sharing agreement may be at risk if the…
The conservative war on free speech
The hopeful life and wretched death of Claudia Gavrilovna Popova during a previous age of extremes should speak to us…
Who will dare stand against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington?
Labour has announced whether its sitting MPs will step down or fight again at the next election in nearly every…
A culture of fear has taken over academia and the arts
At the end of the second world war, George Orwell went to an event organised by PEN, a campaign dedicated…
Labour’s disturbing attitude to press freedom
Once in every generation the Labour party gets tired of losing elections and prepares for power by neutralising potential sources…
Labour can’t believe they are heading for victory
Last night, Labour politicians wondered how to respond to the challenges the Chancellor was sending their way. Do you accept…
‘Liz Truss hasn’t understood a word I wrote’, says PM’s favourite author
As I reported this summer, Liz Truss’s favourite historian is Rick Perlstein, the great chronicler of the rise of the…
The City still runs on nepotism
When Liz Truss says she wants to give tax cuts to the wealthiest, she thinks she is making a moral…
Labour’s debt binge dilemma
Labour has a populist argument against Liz Truss’s spendaholic plans to borrow money from the international money markets and direct…
What republicans understand about monarchy
What ridiculous figures we republicans must seem on the eve of Elizabeth II’s funeral. We sound like desiccated rationalists who…
Could Putin still trigger nuclear war?
The world is facing the prospect of its first nuclear attack since the US Air Force dropped atomic bombs on…
Boris Johnson was a terrible strongman
The ejection of Boris Johnson from Downing Street today proves that the UK has not gone the way of Donald…
Liz Truss doesn't frighten Labour
Labour will attack the new prime minister from the left and the right. From Liz Truss’ exposed left flank, Labour…
Is Liz Truss the British Trump?
Readers must understand how the jargon of political chicanery has corrupted journalism if they are to make sense of the…
Would Russia change if Putin died tomorrow?
Suppose Vladimir Putin drops dead tomorrow – he has to drop dead one day, after all. Will a chastened Russian…
The Conservative party is a void
Like the winter of discontent, the summer of 2022 is a season that will burn itself into the national consciousness.…
Is Keir Starmer a populist?
No one thinks of the careful, polite Keir Starmer as a populist hero. But his intervention in the fuel crisis…
Salman Rushdie overcame his fear
After Ayatollah Khomeini ordered Muslims to kill him for publishing The Satanic Verses in 1989, Julian Barnes gave Salman Rushdie…
Is Liz Truss sowing the seeds of her own downfall?
Liz Truss looks to be winning a decisive victory for cold-eyed conservatism. A victory for I went to the school…
Truss and Sunak are blind to the coming crisis
In times of crisis in the 20th century, voters called for politicians from opposing parties to put aside their differences…
Liz Truss's critics are making the same mistakes as Reagan's enemies
Admirers of one of America’s great modern historians sat up and paid attention when Liz Truss told the Times in…
Sunak and Truss have no answer to the big problem facing the West
You will never measure the depth of our troubles if you listen to the contenders for the Tory leadership. Rishi…
'Taking back control' will end up biting the Tories
Unfriendly commentators can recite insults against the Conservative party in our sleep. It is a rolling shambles, populated by backstabbing…
Cakeism is Boris Johnson's true legacy
The smirk on the faces of politicians and journalists when they talk about ‘cakeism’ shows how Boris Johnson degraded public…
