Charlie Cole
Charlie Cole is just a regular guy who has spent way too much time trawling through ONS bulletins. He tweets at @charliecolecc
To infinity immigration and beyond
Soaring rates of citizenship applications show no signs of slowing down
The Boriswave may yet be stopped
Reversing a disastrous migration wave may yet be within reach
Reform may not be able to stop the Boriswave
Boriswavers may already be citizens by the time Nigel Farage becomes PM
Free ride state
How the government opened an Irish backdoor to British citizenship
Who benefits from the two child cap lift?
Welfare is unevenly distributed by ethnicity
The Boriswave hasn’t even hit the shore
If new migration rules aren’t applied retrospectively, the Boriswave could yet cost £230 billion
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
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
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
