Don't scapegoat the firefighters

01/22/2021 - 4:10pm

The Fire Brigades Union has nothing to apologise for Throughout the pandemic, firefighters have worked for the national interest

Joe Biden’s European conundrum Can a new president stop the EU and the USA drifting apart?

Brexit was not a ‘Whiggish’ project Will the hare-brained historical analogies ever stop?

Geoffrey Chaucer: a victim of the university diversity drive? My beloved old institution is not doing its students a service

The basic flaw in British Government No.10 is pathetically weak compared to other Western executives

Thursday, January 21

Latest infections data may be less gloomy than the headlines Gaps in the data mean that infections could have declined from the peak

Don’t dismiss Joe Biden on a single issue For all his faults, he will be better on women's rights than Trump was

Sacked Eton teacher: I stand by my patriarchy lecture In his first interview, Will Knowland tells Freddie Sayers about his departure from the school

Does good taste excuse grand corruption? There's little difference between state malfeasance and national heritage

Wednesday, January 20

Tears everywhere at the departure of Trump The occasion proved all too much for the nation's best and brightest

The future looks bleak for Welsh Conservatism The party is confused by devolution, and embarrassed by its leader

Theo Davies-Lewis

Donald Trump’s 1776 Report is a comical own goal I’ve read Ladybird books with more complexity

Dominic Sandbrook

The two faces of Christianity in Joe Biden’s America The practising Catholic inherits a country divided by faith

Elizabeth Oldfield

Tuesday, January 19

Get ready for the age of long lockdowns Firmly entrenched as a public policy tool, lockdowns loom long into our futures

Yelling ‘transphobia’ is not an argument Activists don't want to debate a new book — they want to shut discussion down

Mark Drakeford has finally dropped the ball Poor vaccine management may spark a nascent anti-devolution movement

Monday, January 18

Wayne Rooney: Chaucerian hero Vulgarity played an important part in both men's careers

Stop fighting over street names Robert Jenrick's ideological battle with Birmingham Council is unnecessary

Why Viktor Orban chooses China over the EU The CCP's imperialism comes with fewer strings attached

Mary Harrington

Adam Wagner: are lockdowns a threat to human rights? The human rights lawyer gave Freddie Sayers a sobering assessment

Michael Gove’s three point plan for tackling wokeness Channelling Sir Roger Scruton, the minister offered some sage advice

Saturday, January 16

The election of Armin Laschet is deeply worrying The new CDU chairman has shown a soft-heartedness for autocratic regimes

Friday, January 15

Stop stat-shaming the public Telling the public that they're ignorant is not a way to convince them

Don’t let elite universities drop their entry requirements As a disadvantaged student, I wanted to prove I could get the top grades

Weimar analogies miss the point of America’s turbulence The violent rise of QAnon is an anthropological, not historical, phenomenon

Thursday, January 14

What explains the Germany Covid surge? Infection rates are soaring at a rate far higher than in the first wave

The most important economic trend in the world today The collapse of interest rates isn't a weird anomaly — it's here to stay

No, elite overproduction does not cause social unrest Jobless graduates are a human tragedy, not a recipe for political strife

Wednesday, January 13

Donald Trump was America’s first post-modern President Taking him literally or seriously is beside the point — it's all just narrative

Source: Boris Johnson and Michael Gove at odds over SNP strategy The PM is said to be against devolving more powers

Don’t count Josh Hawley out The senator is the object of enormous hatred and fear, but all may not be lost

Tuesday, January 12

Does the Government still care about levelling up? The social fabric of our nation is fraying — it needs to be urgently addressed