Cole Umnist
Cole Umnist is a columnist
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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
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
