Reform voters mean what they say
Labour politicians must accept that they do not have the natural right to the nation’s support
The childishness of grown-ups
Why there is no sensible debate of immigration
Immigration and consent
Three decades of empty promises
The game is not the season
On the nature of the Blob
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
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
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive