Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
A new lost decade
Echoes of the 1920s are growing louder and unless we act, we may repeat the complacency of the 1930s too
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Tax hikes? Take a hike
Andy Burnham must get a grip on spending rather than squeezing the taxpayer
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
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
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind