Obadiah Mbatang
Obadiah Mbatang is a British writer who tweets at @residentadviser
A question of selection
The Sensible Centrists have made a flawed case against party members choosing leaders
The contradictions of Keir
Why is the Labour leader’s record such a muddle
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
