How the Isle of Man can save the Tory party
If you ask a typical member of the Conservative party what they want Britain to look like, you’ll get the usual list:…
In defence of Scrooge
There is no Christmas story like A Christmas Carol, and few seasonal characters as iconic as Ebenezer Scrooge; the ‘clutching,…
The Met Office isn’t to blame for possible blackouts
In the hierarchy of excuses for tipping Britain into a month of blackouts, ‘the Met Office didn’t say winter would…
Canada’s assisted dying catastrophe is a warning to Britain
In 1936, King George V lay on his deathbed. As his final hours drew near, the royal physician administered two injections of…
The Tories are taking from the young to pay for the old
To understand the Conservative party’s approach to government, it’s useful to think of there being two Britains. This is something…
Politicians haven’t been honest about immigration to Britain
What’s the most important story in Britain over the last 25 years? The financial crisis? Brexit? These events both changed our country dramatically. But neither has had…
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover isn't so bad
It’s finally happened. After months of legal wrangling, Twitter has fallen. All hail King Elon; the ‘bird is freed’. The…
The decomposing of the Conservative mind
The Chicxulub meteor did for the dinosaurs; Netflix saw off Blockbuster. When the time comes to write the history of…
The triple lock will condemn Britain
Liz Truss is almost exactly the leader the country is desperate for. Britain needs someone to take painful decisions and…
Stop blaming Tory members
With Jeremy Hunt installed as the representative Sensible and Penny Mordaunt answering questions in the House, Liz Truss has been…
Who would vote for the Conservatives now?
As the Labour party’s lead reaches 27 per cent or more, it would be easy to place the entirety of…
Liz Truss's immigration conundrum
The Conservatives – in office since 2010 – are now into their fourth successive manifesto pledge to bring down immigration,…
The Woman King's flawed history lesson
As a general rule, it’s worth remembering that Hollywood is in the business of mythologising, rather than retelling history. The…
What do the Tories have to show from their time in power?
After 12 years in Downing Street, four prime ministers (so far), two monarchs, and one mini-budget, the public are starting…
Is Europe’s attitude to asylum seekers changing?
The EU spent last November reinforcing its borders as Vladimir Putin directed a wave of refugees through Belarus towards the…
The shameful exploitation of Chris Kaba’s death
Why exactly is it that the journalists and politicians who claim to be most proud of multicultural, multiethnic Britain seem…
Don't blame the Queen for the British Empire
If a country’s greatness can be measured by its enemies, Britain can set fears of national decline aside: we’re still…
The madness of Truss’s energy price cap
While Boris Johnson used his farewell speech to praise the ‘vital symmetry between government action and free market capitalist private…
Crime is being decriminalised
In February Joshua Carney, a man with 47 previous convictions, was released from prison early on licence. Five days later,…
Britain is not prepared for winter blackouts
Britain has a bold new plan for dealing with a winter energy crisis: ‘hope for good weather’. It’s hard to…
Britain is a vetocracy
England is in the grip of its most widespread drought in 20 years. Water companies are implementing hosepipe bans. Half…
How Truss plans to bring the Bank of England to heel
Liz Truss believes the Bank of England has lost control of inflation. If chosen as the country’s next prime minister,…
Ukraine's fate may rest on a mild winter
Russia is once again relying on ‘General Winter’. Instead of freezing German advances on Moscow, the plan today is to…
Biden's word play can't save the United States from a recession
Some denials are more worrying than their absence. A company insisting that its director will be vindicated by the forensic…
There’s nothing conservative about climate change
The combination of ’40°C temperatures’ and ‘England’ feels about as natural a pairing as ‘English football’ and ‘winning’; God simply…
