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Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear