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The rule of law is collapsing
It is the law that makes us ‘the best of animals.’ So saying, Aristotle had a very specific conception of…
How Boris Johnson plans to reset his premiership
The decision to significantly ease lockdown from early July marks a new chapter when it comes to the government’s approach…
The BBC's patronising new diversity quota
‘Diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become sacred doctrines within many of our major institutions, a religious fervour that has only increased…
Will there ever be another Conservative mayor of London?
Even in these strange political times, it looks very difficult for a Conservative politician to become Mayor of London. In…
The death of the private citizen
The internet is not a private place, but news outlets have decided that it’s up to them to determine when…
The rioters and the rentiers
It was inevitable that the wave of destructive rioting and looting that has swept through cities that are almost all…
The limits of Covid death statistics
As is often said, choose your statistics carefully and you can use them make just about any point you want…
Covid won't kill the office
The rapidity and willingness with which workers have adopted and adapted to remote working has led some – including Rory…
The drugs that can help us defeat Covid-19
Covid-19 is here to stay. Whether it flickers in wait or rages like wildfire, it will remain part of our…
The EU's new bond isn't as solid as it seems
Its rescue fund will bail out the poorer states. It will fuel a rapid economic recovery. And perhaps most of…
Modi's muted response to China is infuriating Indians
The mood in India simmers with retaliation following the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers in clashes with their…
What isn't being said about the Reading attack victims?
Imagine if on Saturday evening a white neo-Nazi had stabbed three men to death. Imagine, furthermore, if in the wake…
Kim Yo Jong's growing role is bad news for peace in Korea
The halcyon days of 2018 seem very distant. Two years ago, North Korea sent a delegation to the Pyeongchang winter…
Yes, it’s time to defund NPR
When the Public Broadcasting Act was signed into law in 1967, the stated goal was to provide public financial assistance…
Teddy Roosevelt saw this mob coming
So now they have come for Teddy Roosevelt. The large bronze statue of TR on horseback, flanked by a black…
Labour’s path to victory lies in destroying the Lib Dems
It has become a truism that there are not enough liberal voters to get Labour a majority at the next…
The new inequality
It is a strange habit, the American one of making talk-show hosts into preachers. There is no good reason, after…
Self-righteous vandals
Violent left-wing activists have taken to styling themselves as antifa, short for ‘anti-fascists’, though their street-fighting tactics resemble nothing so…
The conservative legal movement is dead
Imagine if Sonia Sotomayor, once she got on the Supreme Court, started ruling like Clarence Thomas. I know, I know,…
Is Attlee really more worthy than Churchill?
As the toxic furore over statues continues, a number of left-wingers yearn to see the monument to Winston Churchill in…
Marching against racism is too easy
When I first saw the footage of George Floyd being asphyxiated by a policeman’s knee on his throat, my reaction…
Vladimir Putin’s history fetish
Russia, the old joke goes, has long been a country with an unpredictable past. On September 22, 1939, for instance,…
What would Thatcher do?
No one seems to think Boris Johnson has handled this crisis particularly well. But who might have done a better…
Gracious China allows athletes to speak out on social issues again
Even after China unleashed a viral pandemic on the planet, crashing the world economy and killing thousands, we all find…
Here’s some left-wing stuff we can cancel, too
‘What do we burn apart from witches?’ ‘More witches!’ A pitchfork-and-iPhone-wielding diversity mob is running amok in major metropolitan areas…
