Craig Drake
Craig Drake is a writer based in France. He tweets at @R0SBIF
Marine Le Pen’s prosecution is an opportunity for the French right
A new candidate might emerge with a fresher and more optimistic vision
Gary Stevenson is a new voice for old ideas
Garyism is a triumph of style over substance
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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
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
