James Kirkup
The Telegraph
United Kingdom
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Charisma is not enough - Boris Johnson must prove he is a good manager, too
Flunking the economic carnage the virus will inflict would be ruinous to Johnson's party and mishandling the response would cost lives → Read More
We must not silence debate about transgenderism for fear of offending its activists
Something surprising happened in Parliament this week. → Read More
When it comes to speaking out on politics, British businesses should make like Nike – just do it
Nike has run headlong into America’s culture war. → Read More
Boris Johnson's burqa row proves Britain is having its own culture war
Thanks to Boris Johnson, the UK's recently resigned foreign secretary, British politicians and British media are talking about the burqa. → Read More
The other social care time bomb: unpaid family carers are close to breaking point
Our whole care system depends on families, and we aren't doing enough to help them → Read More
Think the era of stable two-party politics has returned? Think again
Despite the 2017 result, voters are far more disloyal and volatile than they have ever been → Read More
Why a second Brexit vote would be a bad idea
As someone who voted Remain, who believes that both EU membership and European migration have on balance been good for Britain's economy and society, I don't often say this. But Nigel Farage is right. → Read More
How Moving From Passports To Digital ID Could Unlock Plenty Of Benefits For Britain
Who are you? That may be a philosophical question but it leads to another, much more practical challenge: How can you prove it? To prove your identity... → Read More
Our seaside towns are suffering, but no one is listening
How was your summer? → Read More
Ten years ago today the financial crisis blew up politics forever – and it's not over yet
Three little letters made our world: C-D-O. Today, ten years on, it doesn’t matter if no-one knows what a Collateralised Debt Obligation really is or does. Nor does it really matter whether the various political responses to the events that brought those three letters into public conversation were the right or justified ones. What matters is where we are, where public opinion about our political… → Read More
Is Grenfell Tower Britain's Katrina?
From the ashes of the Grenfell Tower fire, a new role for the British state may rise, James Kirkup says. → Read More
This was not the revenge of the Remainers: it was a cry for change by a generation who feel frozen out
Was Theresa May undone by a collective act of vengeance by Remain voters keen to thwart her plans for a "hard" Brexit that would take Britain out of the Single Market and possibly even out of the EU without an EU-UK trade deal? → Read More
Ruth Davidson: A gay, working class, bull riding, outspoken Scot...and the Tories' secret weapon
Editor's note: This article was first published on Feb 17 2017 . Since then, James Kirkup has left The Telegraph to become director of the Social Market Foundation. Ruth Davidson shouldn’t be here. By any traditional understanding of politics, she shouldn’t even have a political career, never mind one that’s seen her achieve enough by the age of 38 to be a serious player in the Conservative… → Read More
Theresa May's turn to the left can restore faith in markets and see off Corbynism for good
We won’t see the Conservative manifesto until later this week, but we’re already getting a good sense of Theresa May’s thinking on markets and the economy. → Read More
James Kirkup: May’s manifesto should chart a path to dominating the centre ground
This fourth piece of our mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues she must build a fair market for all. → Read More
The partnership between Philip Hammond and Theresa May: cold, lopsided, and vital
“Dear Margaret, The successful conduct of economic policy is possible only if there is, and is seen to be, full agreement between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. → Read More
This NICs climbdown leaves Hammond fatally wounded, with Brexiteers holding the knife
Well, that was quick. → Read More
Who's laughing now? The real reason Box Office Phil is smiling
Under the merciless and relentless glare of an unsleeping media, it is perilously hard for the modern politician to keep anything under wraps. → Read More
Junior doctors reject another contract: proof that clever people can do very stupid things
Junior doctors have voted to reject a new contract of employment. → Read More
Ruth Davidson's rise is about much more than the EU referendum or the Conservative leadership
Ruth Davidson's performance at the BBC's EU referendum debate removed any doubt: → Read More