Heresy of the week: “Tattoo-parlour Britain” isn’t the alternative to liberal Britain, but its by-product
The choice between the paths represented by Cambridge and Clacton doesn’t exist
The underlying truth about the Rotherham abuse scandal
Time and time again we’ve seen abusers operate in plain sight and yet each time we claim to be shocked.
Scotland 4) Goodbye Britain, hello constitutional crisis
If Scotland votes Yes and the UK votes Labour then Ed Miliband will have to choose between illegitimacy and impotence
Why we should support Europe’s war on vacuum cleaners
The more that we can reduce our demand for electricity, the less we’ll need on the supply side.
Tories should turn their backs on snobbery
Away from the playgrounds of the prosperous, “tattoo-parlour Britain” is very much today’s Britain
Heresy of the week: If you’re a stuck-up, self-righteous, moralising bore, then, these days, the liberal left is the place for you
Social liberalism has come to resemble its old enemy
There’s more to Theresa May’s record as Home Secretary than dodging disaster
Largely unnoticed, the Government has pushed through some of the most radical reforms to the police service for a generation.
Why Owen Jones is only half right about the ‘establishment’
There are many parts to the establishment and they’re not all united around the same ideology
If ever we get an in/out referendum here’s the most important lesson we need to learn from the Scottish referendum
Whether you want to stay in or get out, think the best about the other side
Hollande had no choice but to surrender to Merkel
Can austerity really be to blame in a country with sky-high levels of sovereign debt and public spending?
Heresy of the week: Prison reform is a conservative issue – or at least it should be
Prisons are meant to be places of punishment – and if you count enforced, soul-destroying idleness as a punishment – then they are fulfilling this function
The oil industry – looking a bit peaky, after all
We wouldn’t be searching for oil in dangerous and difficult areas like the Arctic if there was enough of it coming from more accessible fields.
Where have all the teenage mothers gone?
In both Britain and America teenage pregnancy rates are falling fast, but no one knows why.
The politics of envy versus the politics of fairness
British resistance to the politics of envy isn’t translating into a majority-winning Conservative vote.
Dawkins, Down’s Syndrome and the ethics of abortion
Even for those who do accept that the unborn child is a non-person, Dawkins’ position is a problematic one