Gorton and Denton: the view from the left
Labour have handed the Greens a victory that now threatens to unpick Keir Starmer’s leadership
Starmer’s Gorton gamble
As Labour purges its soft left, a by-election in Greater Manchester could hand the Greens their breakthrough.
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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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
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness