The culture of intolerant individualism preaches diversity but practises conformity

The arguments for a basic income are as idealistic as they are simplistic. Its proponents are pursuing misguided ideals.

The decline in the proportion of owner-occupiers means a decline in the number of Conservative voters

Disasters happen when the last man who can remember what happened last time has retired. Now is the time for new thinking

There's an entrenched myth that learning a second language as a grown-up is a Herculean — or even Sisyphean — task. It isn’t

‘Talk of bringing down the government is growing among Tory MPs alarmed by the prospect of a soft Brexit'

‘Someone telling you that you are not oppressed can deal a terrible blow to your self-esteem’

‘Our biggest political and economic challenge is not Brexit. It is the fact that our growth rate has slowed to a crawl’

‘By far the worst censors and McCarthyites are the transgender activists and their allies. There are any number of men on the Left who are happy to see women silenced and bullied for not toeing the party line’

‘How many bureaucrats does it take to change a light bulb — or does it depend on whether they work in Brussels or Westminster?’