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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership