David Goodhart
Wafted by goodwill onto the rocks of error
The Windrush Betrayal describes a shameful episode in the history of the Home Office, and in Britain’s treatment of a section of its Caribbean minority, but in its highly selective analysis and extreme conclusions it also contributes to an ideological assault on the proper operation of Britain’s border
Is university for all working?
The helter-skelter expansion of higher education may be good for individuals but has sharpened value divides in society
Only connect
Niall Ferguson’s big theory of history is stimulating, arresting, but only half-convincing
The ‘British Model’: Give Refugees Work
Alexander Betts and Paul Collier’s “Refuge” is a work of politically engaged scholarship with both trenchant analysis and original solutions
More Immigration Means Less Integration
If we were to welcome even a fraction of the refugees who want to come here, we would destroy the things that attract them to this country
How Modern Liberals Created Nigel Farage
Contemporary liberalism has disdained the loyalties that work as society’s glue. Its failure has allowed populism to dominate politics
A ‘Liberal Racist’? Me? I Felt Like a Heretic
A decade ago I tentatively questioned the benefits of mass immigration and got slated for it. But things have moved on
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past