James Crouch
James Crouch is Head of Policy and Public Affairs Research at OpiniumResearch. He tweets at @MrJCrouch.
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
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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 Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
