RT @LukasDegutis: Rylan Clark I hereby sanction you to 400 hours of Adolescence.

In a letter to The Times, Malcolm Rifkind says he has changed his mind and now wants the UK to withdraw from the European Convention of Human Rights.

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Sweden asks every schoolchild: “Who are you if your country is attacked?” . Elisabeth Braw on how the UK could do with the same lesson.

RT @TimesRadio: “I hope that he has learned from the Iraq experience that actually state building is not as easy as you think it is.” . Cin….

RT @TimesRadio: “If I was Keir Starmer, I would be seeing a great opportunity for a bold, progressive leader to tear up the old system and….

RT @BBCNewsnight: “Does Trump know who Ed Davey is? Absolutely not.”. “Is he going to care about this? Absolutely not.”. The Times’ Seb Pay….

The Nottingham Post vs Reform UK: an odd but important story.

RT @TimesRadio: Putting rocket launchers under our political coverage at Westminster. Listen to Times Radio’s new political editor Anna Mi….

Britain's benefits crisis is explained by a culture problem - but that problem lies in government, not the country. My Times Radio discussion on today's worklessness stats (and analysis here:

NEW: Children in workless households has hit a ten-year high, according to figures out this morning. Analysis - and my Times Radio discussion - here:-.

RT @j_amesmarriott: I wrote this about the most boring and destructive trend of our time: the politicisation of everything. We are becomi….

Buchan’s warning against crowd-pleasing and tribalism is as relevant now as then. And his quote sums up The Spectator: always delighting, surprising and sometimes infuriating readers, but never boring them. Esto perpetua.

The man, the myth, the legend— at least, that’s what Kinta wants to be… . Catch the final arc of DAN DA DAN Season 2, now streaming!.

. "To win an audience, tact and good sense are required: and to keep it, integrity and courage. For a hundred years The Spectator has had a unique influence amongst our countrymen - an influence on by no catchpenny arts but by moral and intellectual candour. Esto perpetua.".

Love this. John Buchan was also a former Spectator editor and wrote this for its centenary:-. “It is fatal to keep your ear only to the ground, to speak only smooth things, to give your readers only what you think they will like. That way temporary popularity may lie, but not.

Every day, 2,000 are signed on to long-term sickness benefits. Statistically, they are unlikely to ever work again. It an economic and social tragedy - all the more so because it's avoidable. Here are 9 quick fixes that can be implemented immediately:-.

When a law starts promoting the evil it was meant to eradicate, it's time to change the law. Maurice Glasman, a Labour peer, makes a persuasive case for a new asylum settlement.

NEW: 6.5m are now on out-of-work benefits. In Birmingham, it's 25% of the working-age population. In Liverpool: 23%. Glasgow: 22%. My report on the DWP database update:-.

The Epping ruling shows Britain’s asylum system is collapsing. Keir Starmer has the power, authority and time to replace the 1951 rules with something fit for purpose. Doing so may go against his every instinct. But there is, now, no alternative:-.