Matthew Walther
Matthew Walther is editor of The Lamp magazine.
The fascist state of Paw Patrol
There is no society or even commerce, just the relentless force of the police
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
