Can we get these lads some more money please? (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

11/12/2021 - 7:00am

Increasing MPs salaries is a good bet If it stands a chance of increasing the quality of candidates, what is there to lose?

Thursday, November 11

Asra Nomani: Mama Bears are the future of American politics How one parent-protester took on Critical Race Theory and won

The legacy of Adam Boulton The broadcaster pioneered rolling news — but are we the wiser for it?

Sorry, but Google is not the GDR Internet privacy activists have been captured by their own paranoia

Andrew Orlowski

The New York Times’ fake ‘Brexit brain drain’ Will the Grey Lady ever get its facts right about the UK?

Wednesday, November 10

The BBC finally dumps Stonewall The charity's capture of national institutions is finally being challenged

Young people turn against Critical Race Theory in Virginia The cohort is less Left-wing than older millennials are

Being ‘LGBT’ has become cosplay for millennials Sexual identity has become a jamboree of naff posing

San Francisco is living the neo-Feudal dream Its super-elites, serf class and biosecurity state are a pointer of things to come

Mary Harrington

Is Austin the global free speech capital? The Texas city is becoming a home for eccentrics and dissenters

Tuesday, November 9

The Franco-British fish war is far from over Reports in the Daily Mail are misleading

Polish border is the new Fortress Europe in action The border squabble with Belarus shows how far the EU has moved since 2015

Will Viktor Orbán’s Balkan gamble pay off? The Hungarian PM is interfering in Bosnia's affairs

Alexander Faludy

Soviet GP plan takes ‘Levelling Up’ to new lows Regional inequality can't be fixed with sloganeering

Universities — not the Government — should cover tuition fee losses A new report argues that they should bear the cost

Kristina Murkett

Monday, November 8

Dr Raghib Ali: No UK lockdown this Christmas The doctor tells Freddie Sayers that the UK's Covid outlook isn't so bad

There’s nothing new about selling honours Savvy countries will always find a way of turning corruption into tax

Could a revived SDP break through? A large and diverse conference suggests that the Party is on the up

Therapists must be allowed to question gender identity The plan to ban "conversion therapy" is being too broadly defined

Saturday, November 6

NASA’s religious quest for UFOs The space agency is channelling ancient human desires

Friday, November 5

There is nothing disruptive about the Metaverse The plan is for a smooth transition, entrenching the existing powers

Conservatives need a culture war Blitzkrieg The Right cannot embroil itself in an endless conflict — victory must be swift

The NHS vaccine mandates aren’t what they seem The Government is — once again — trying to nudge us

Fear is gripping Addis Ababa The spectre of full-blown civil war now looms in Ethiopia

Thursday, November 4

How trans activists reacted to Kathleen Stock’s resignation Various outlets expressed horror, and even a sense of growing danger

Boris was wrong to U-turn on Owen Paterson The so-called sleaze affair is nothing compared to previous scandals

Vaccine mandates are a body blow to a faltering economy The impact is far worse than foreseen, and the timing is terrible

Philip Pilkington

The Lib Dems are deluded on the environment Nuclear is the only way they could achieve their ambitious climate goals

Wednesday, November 3

Is Christopher Rufo a Right-wing Leninist? A new movement emerges at the National Conservatism conference

Mary Harrington

Critical Race Theory blows it for Democrats in Virginia A shocking victory for the Republicans came from battles over education

Insulate Britain founder’s extremist manifesto Roger Hallam argues that action needs to be fearless and illegal

Banning ‘complex language’ from exams won’t help my students The latest round of dumbing down exams is cynical and depressing

Kristina Murkett