The Idea Deficit

The Banality of Offence

Illiberal instincts in the public square

Anti-Wealth Politics

The admonishers of ‘pro-industrialist’ Modi are borrowing from the hoary history of socialist India

It’s Not All That Bad

An argument against negativity

Waiting for the Barbarians

The retreat of states and the politics of the future

The Strongman Fetish

But we didn’t call the strongest of them strongmen then

It’s that time of the season when…

False Alarmists

Legitimate criticism of the Right is increasingly rare

Meltdown in London

It’s an absurd spectacle of democracy when the losers march for a vote on a vote

The Politburo of Piety

And the dictatorship of diversity