'Insurance', 'leasehold' – two of the dullest words in the English language. But that's a problem, says Margaret Rothwell, as Labour is about to legalise highway robbery for landlords via the iniquitous leasehold system.
It is a sad reflection on our age that the line 'lies, damned lies and statistics' was forgotten, says Prof James Alexander. Good political sense can never be grounded on statistics, but only on history and criticism.
Five years ago today, a supposedly freedom-loving government, led by a libertarian conservative, oversaw the greatest interference in our liberty in the history of these islands. Why? How? What were they thinking?
Back in March 2020 Toby was among a depressingly select group of journalists who opposed the lockdowns. The other side included his now Spectator Editor Michael Gove, who has let him write about it in this week's magazine.
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
Jordan Peterson has branded Net Zero a "brutal" form of "nature worship" as he tells Michael Gove that he can't believe the Tories fell for it and the party "needs a desperate slap" for what it did to the U.K.
The press watchdog has been branded "outrageous" and accused of having a "chilling effect" on free speech after it ruled that the phrase "a man who claims to be a woman" is discriminatory.
Why has Bridget Phillipson got the free schools programme in her sites? After all, it was the Tories’ most successful education policy, creating over 650 great schools quickly and cheaply. Two reasons: revenge and embarrassment.
"Who’s in, who's out?" asks Shakespeare. At the Spectator, Michael Gove is in and Fraser Nelson is out. Both say the magazine should prize style over viewpoint. But is this really right, asks Prof James Alexander.
Labour's manifesto threatens us with an "expert-led" review to produce a "modern, inclusive and innovative" school curriculum. Former Government chief curriculum adviser Dr. Nicholas Tate looks at what this could mean.
