Oliver Letwin
Social market liberals of the world, unite!
We need to restate the case for the free-market policies and liberal politics that have ushered in an age of unprecedented prosperity
Our EU Deal Gives Us The Best Of Both Worlds
After the Prime Minister’s renegotiation, the UK has the benefits of the single market while staying outside political, fiscal and monetary union
The Philosopher and His Scholar
Noel Malcolm’s magisterial new edition of Hobbes’s Leviathan is a fine example of why, in the 21st century, scholarship still matters
Tories Have No Lack of Policies
The accusation that the Conservatives do not have a detailed programme to implement in government is completely untrue
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?