Jonny Best
Jonny Best is a musician and festival director. He tweets at @JonnyWorst
Labour didn’t start the gender madness
Sorry Tories, we can remember further back than last week
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
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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
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
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
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
