The Spectator

When Isis comes home

Plus: Ukip chaos and an opportunity for Theresa May

issue 22 October 2016

The Islamic State’s pretence to nationhood was based on the holding of territory. With the battle for Mosul this week, together with the loss of the land that it controlled in Syria, that pretence is becoming harder to maintain. The area involved is now limited to a few shattered cities, and corridors between them.

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