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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
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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
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Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
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why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived