Nigel Lawson
The Brexit cringe — Mrs T would say ‘No!’
If Britain is to regain the freedom of a sovereign nation state, Theresa May must get up off her knees and if necessary leave without a deal
Make June 23 Britain’s Independence Day
Undemocratic, inefficient, economically stagnant, the EU today has nothing to recommend it. The case for Brexit is overwhelming
We Can Fix The Economy But Not Human Nature
In the Church of England’s new book the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are too focused on inequality rather than poverty, greed and folly
Cool It
An Essay on Climate Change
Dark Days at the DEA
Samuel Brittan’s diaries from 1964-66 prove that, even then, the doyen of financial journalism was insightful and, at times, cutting
Five Myths and a Menace
Adam Smith’s invisible hand is lifting us out of recession, but globalisation can be snuffed out again by protectionism
Mrs Thatcher’s Lasting Legacy
Four years ago, on the 30th anniversary of her taking office, one of her closest colleagues explained that her great achievements still resonate today
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts