If the Last Night of the Proms goes, nothing else is safe
The BBC can’t be trusted with culture. It’ll scrap the tradition when it thinks it can get away with it

The BBC can’t be trusted with culture. It’ll scrap the tradition when it thinks it can get away with it
Schools are crumbling, the NHS is failing, and taxes are excessive, but too many people no longer expect anything better
Labour and its followers have embraced the politics of childhood: lecturing, hectoring and nannying
No, people don’t drive because public transport is poor, and cycling is a rich man’s faddish luxury
It is not good enough to simply hope that voters will turn against Labour. The Tories need vision
Boris and Truss recognised that Brexit must mean change. Destroying them does not alter that fact
Even though he already has all the glittering prizes, we should doubt that his story is over
Welfare-for-all would fail, but not before work dies at the hands of free public money
The PM needs a strategy to win back Leavers, among whom Boris Johnson is currently more popular
Instead of a real debate on the economic pros and cons of the policy, we get smears and cancellations
A greater focus on nation is important post-Brexit. The party should ignore the Left’s hysterical attacks
The Government must find a different compromise on retained EU law to show it still has strong convictions
The customs, rituals and constitution we inherited from the Middle Ages have sustained us ever since
Apart from in a few areas such as top-flight football, we have rejected ruthless competition and skill
Decline is not inevitable. National conservatism could set us on a path to post-Brexit prosperity
Devolving powers to Wales and Scotland has resulted only in the recreation of closed-shop fiefdoms