The British Army’s armoured vehicle problem
Shots were fired in the House of Commons this week as the Defence Committee published a scathing report on the state of the British Army’s armoured vehicl...
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The exclusion of inclusive language
It is often so easy to mock ‘inclusive’ word guidelines that it can feel unsporting. Lately the BBC reported the release of such rules for the University of Man...
The attractions of abstractions
‘Words have power’ is a common sentiment among public life’s scribblers, as well as many of its participants. One sense in which this is true is that they give ...
Labour faces the UK’s constitutional conundrum
It will doubtless relieve many of you to know that Labour has quietly set up its constitutional commission, touted last year by leader Keir Starmer as the union...
Newspapers should drop their courtesies
Charles Moore of the Spectator reports that the Times is dropping courtesy titles in its writing. Where once Charles would have been Lord Moore, he will now be ...