Immigration
The alpha migrants
They’re bright, brave – and could help solve our labour crisis
Don’t count on America’s immigration figures
Having indulged an unhealthy interest in human migration for decades, I’ve been intrigued by how the number of illegal immigrants…
Immigration figures don’t add up
Journalists filing to deadline are apt to dig only so deep when googling for statistics, which in themselves are sometimes…
The state we’re in
As Britain starts its long Covid recovery, are deeper problems lurking beneath the surface? Matthew d’Ancona certainly thinks so, and…
Germany’s growing extremism problem
On 2 June 2019, a German politician was found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in Hesse.…
Glasgow’s immigration raid stand-off is nothing to celebrate
The rule of law is very simple: it means ‘everyone must obey the law’. Last year, much hay was made…
Welcome signs
While the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has no formal role in devising the bloc’s immigration policy, his…
Mad about the boy
In the summer of 2018, when film-maker Lee Isaac Chung was on the brink of giving up filmmaking and had…
Can Priti Patel’s asylum shake-up help Britain take back control?
Every Home Secretary is forced to confront the cold political realities of the office. What they set out to deliver…
Immigration is no longer a political problem
Ask voters what the most important issue facing Britain is and just 2 per cent say immigration. Even when you…
Diary
My great-great-grandmother, born on a Barbadian plantation and transported to what was British Guiana in the 19th century, gave rise…
Cold and inhospitable
Like this author, I was happily snowbound at a beloved grandparent’s house during the big freeze that began on Boxing…
No thesps required
Flight has been hailed as a new form of dramatic presentation — prefab theatre. It’s great to look at. A…
The Trumpist agenda going forward
While Donald Trump appears to have lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump’s agenda of populism focused on the working class…
‘The Melania Tapes’ reveal she’s even cooler than we thought
Just a couple of hours before President Trump announced that he and his wife, first lady Melania, had tested positive…
The trouble with ‘taking back control’
I sympathised with Leave voters who yearned to ‘take back control’ of British borders. After all, if being a country…
The inflated currency of racism
Hearing that Dawn Butler MP had been pulled over by the Metropolitan police, I briefly hoped the taxpayer might get…
The Kushner conundrum
After a string of broken promises, policy disappointments and sinking poll numbers, the populist wing of the Republican party knows…
Fashion designer vs former rapper: the 2020 election you need to follow
Ola Hawatmeh, the Republican nominee for New York’s 19th congressional district, doesn’t bring many surprises to the table policy-wise. She’s…
How do you like US now?
It’s that time again when newspapers tell us that America’s standing in the world has substantially declined under Donald Trump.…
Tories should listen to Farage’s warnings about Channel migrants
The idea of a flotilla of little ships crossing the English Channel from France to deposit their beleaguered human cargo…
The post-Brexit bounce seems to have stuck, for now
The post-election economic bounce appears to be more than a fluke. Positive news came in waves this week, as data…
From hell to heaven
One of the many astonishing things about the BBC2 drama The Windermere Children (Monday) was that the real-life story it…
Bernadine Evaristo shoulders weighty themes lightly: Girl, Woman, Other reviewed
It’s a slippery word, ‘other’. Taken in one light, it throws up barriers and insists on divisions. It is fearful…
Sunday shows round-up: Jeremy Corbyn- There will be a great deal of movement
Jeremy Corbyn – ‘I want a close relationship’ with the EU The Labour leader was Andrew Marr’s chief guest of…
