Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe