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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
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Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”