Most Brexiters want to return to the shires and smoke pipe weed

11/14/2019 - 10:52am

Talk of ‘Empire’ is a Remainer fantasy I have never heard a single Leave supporter mention the empire

Why Michael Bloomberg has my vote Mayor Bloomberg rebuilt and revitalised New York — so why can't he do the same for America?

Wednesday

13.11

Don’t read this if you’re scared of flying Two planes never crash for the same reason. But then, they did.

Boris Johnson’s fish and chips strategy New analysis reveals the favourite restaurant types of different parts of Britain

David Cameron’s fake news about fake news The ex-Prime Minister doesn't know what he's talking about

Tuesday

12.11

Lionel Barber: what the FT got wrong on populism Audio: the retiring editor says his paper has learned from its past mistakes

Leaving ‘Cyberia’: the joy of returning home Is it liberating that I can travel so far yet remain engaged?

Britain should lead the way on farm subsidies Across the EU, 80% of subsidies go to the biggest 20% of claimants

Monday

11.11

Woke capital’s new low: murder is now a ‘mistake’ Uber is so keen to do business with Saudi it's ready to forgive anything

Watch: Nigel Farage backs down Will this prove to be the most consequential moment of the election?

Flyover country goes blue — or does it? The Centre for Towns has produced some truly gobsmacking charts...

Saturday

09.11

Are the Kids Al(t)right? This week’s long read pick is a review of 'Bronze Age Mindset', a bestseller among the 'alt right'...

Mary Harrington

Friday

08.11

As a Left-wing Muslim, I cannot vote for Corbyn’s Labour The party has ruined its reputation for anti-racism

Matt Hancock wants to sequence your baby’s DNA Theres's a potential Pandora’s Box of unintended consequences

Mary Harrington

Thursday

07.11

The five historical dramas Netflix should make next I find historical inaccuracy deeply annoying — it makes me unbearable to watch TV with

Speech: Marco Rubio looks to Pope Leo XIII to fix the broken economy The Florida Senator looks to a 19th-century Papal Encyclical for answers to America's problems

We should defend the right not to wear a poppy There is far too much demand for rigid conformity in thought, word and deed

Wednesday

06.11

Are New Zealand’s new visa laws racist? It seems fair enough to check if a relationship is real before handing out a visa...

Good news! Employers are struggling to fill low-wage jobs Why do self-styled progressives always ignore the positive side of a tighter labour market?

Watch Kate Hoey’s goodbye Kate Hoey used her farewell speech to stress the importance of tradition, and how not all change is good change...

Tuesday

05.11

Justin Welby joins the fight against the new ‘Magisterium’ Free speech on university campuses is still a problem - but it's nothing to do with the Church

The Great Realignment: America got there first The richest people in America have been Democrats for some time

How marrying your cousin corrupts society Loyalty is more likely to be to a large, interconnected network of blood relations

Mary Harrington

Monday

04.11

What really happened to the New Atheists A political movement doesn’t just disappear. All that kinetic force has to go somewhere, to fight someone, and so the “Blue Tribe”, turned to social justice.

The Express has swung behind Boris — and that matters The newspaper that Westminster likes to laugh at is a powerful signal of where Brexit Party voters are headed

Parasols in space? Pet sensors on cars? What Europe really wants… Since mid-2018, the European Commission has collected policy ideas within a citizens' forum. I took a look inside...

Mary Harrington

Saturday

02.11

In defence of the Illiberal Arts Is the current state of exhaustion and nihilism in the arts the logical consequence of our liberal civilisation?

Mary Harrington

Friday

01.11

Should religious leaders tell you who to vote for? Rabbi Jonathan Romain has written to his congregation urging them to vote tactically against Labour. I'm not sure it's right...

Becoming formed as well as informed As another election gets going, it's not just information that matters

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday

31.10

The real horror of Halloween Watch out for cars more than ghosts this halloween eve

Spare a thought for the troops whose Christmas just got cancelled The Christmas election is having consequences beyond Westminster

Eleanor Doughty

Workington Man must be one part of a coalition Onward director Will Tanner responds to Freddie Sayers on the 'Belonging in Politics' report...