Oliver Letwin
Oliver Letwin was Conservative MP for West Dorset 1997-2019
Defenders of a shared culture
Oliver Letwin compares and contrasts two conservative philosophers, the late Roger Scruton and Michael Oakeshott
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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
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
