Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The rusty bucket
Six tests for the social care plan
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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
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal