Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
You can’t save money without making it
We cannot be too risk averse in finance
Trimming the runaway state
A slimmer government is not a fringe libertarian concern but a national priority
Make immigration pay
Access to Britain is valuable
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
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
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
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
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility