James Blakemore
James Blakemore is a conservative journalist and commentator
Oligarchy is eating Orbanism
Inertia, youth disquiet, and stormy office politics could be the death of Fidesz in government
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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
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
