“You have no idea how much money it costs to keep the Mahatma in poverty.” It was not long after Pope Francis’ death had been announced that this saying from one of Gandhi’s followers came to my mind, the cumulative effect of countless mentions of his humble lifestyle combining to give his simplicity an almost […]
Modelled on Jay Nordlinger’s “Impromptus” in National Review, I’ve written another ‘Reflections’ piece which is a series of paragraphs on various ideas: Early in my career, my boss gave me some of his funds to run. Not, to be clear, out of laziness but because, as he pointed out, no-one knew whether I would be
In Britain, it is now an open secret that our cherished institutions are discriminating against the white majority of the population they supposedly exist to serve. The armed forces don’t want white recruits. Ofsted wants to prioritise non-white teachers. And naturally, the police have long been doing everything they can not to hire white Brits. Is it
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Sir Keir Starmer’s commitment to increase the UK’s defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2027 is a small but welcome step in the right direction. As the United States withdraws from its historic post-war role as world policeman and guarantor of European security, the UK and its European and Western allies must pick
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As we approach the 80th anniversary of VE Day, I think of those I knew who lived and died in that conflict. My dad started in the pits aged 14 in 1935. When he wanted to join up, they wouldn’t let him. Britain needed coal. It still needs it, but it lies wasted and unmined,
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This will be a familiar story to many around the UK, but here goes anyway. Ambitious, and dare I say it, possibly sensible plans for a Yorkshire-wide devolution deal (eight cities and a population almost the same as Scotland’s) really never went anywhere because of petty rivalries between cities and ridings. [You only need to
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I was never convinced that we needed a Supreme Court. It was a Blairite concoction dreamed up in line with reducing the role of the House of Lords, which had served us well for centuries as the ultimate arbiter of legal cases, and a genuflection to the way things are run in our former colony
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The current occupant of Number 10 Downing Street seems seized by religious fervour. Will we soon hear of a sudden conversion to one of the world’s major faiths? The problem is: which one? So far, we have had calls to prayer and iftars in Westminster acknowledged by Sir Keir in recognition of the special time
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We are repeatedly told that we have a two-tier justice system in the UK. Frankly, that is a myth; we have a ‘no justice system’ in the UK. If justice, applied fairly after judgement, means that people get what they deserve in terms of punishment according to the law – no more and no less
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Snobbery nobbery The absurdities of life in the UK occupy many columns in TNC, and today is no exception. We are witnessing outbreaks of abject stupidity in some of our formerly cherished institutions, for example the ancient universities and the police where there is such fragility and over-sensitivity it is a wonder they function at
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