The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Say it ain’t so, Joe
How democratic is a shadowy cabal conspiring to hide the fact that Biden is too frail to govern?
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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
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics