Simon Heffer's Blog, page 55

We don't have the luxury of an interventionist foreign policy

We must work out what our national interest is, and then we must act upon it, writes Simon Heffer.

The inside story of how Essex beat the Blitz

'The Oaken Heart' by Margery Allingham, the story of one village in the first year of the Second World War, shows what 'community' really means, says Simon Heffer.

We must fight the unions over pensions

State employees need a lesson in life, writes Simon Heffer.

If David Cameron doesn't get a grip, his troubles will only get worse

Ukip's success in Barnsley will be replicated elsewhere unless the Tories shape up, writes Simon Heffer.

'Kind Hearts and Coronets': a personal tragedy and a universal comedy

In a career cut cruelly short, Robert Hamer made the most perfect and most subversive of all British films, says Simon Heffer.

Fix parliaments and rig the constitution

What happened on Thursday in Barnsley presents just one reason why a 2015 election is outrageous, writes Simon Heffer.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel for this high-speed folly

Enterprise zones would do far more to revive the economy than a pointless railway line, writes Simon Heffer.

Peter Paterson's sunny stroll down the old Street of Shame

The author of the best political biography ever written tells his own life story with equal verve, reports Simon Heffer.

The foolish cuts that leave us defenceless

The ludicrous, hasty and ill-informed decision to cut defence so severely is one for which Dave and his Chancellor must take full responsibility, writes Simon Heffer.

It's time we stopped insulting the Duchess of Cornwall

There is no logic, but much spite, in the way we treat the Prince of Wales's wife, writes Simon Heffer.