Shifting sands for Saudi
The Kingdom’s attempt to float Saudi Aramco didn’t go fully to plan
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
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Farage: I’m not worried
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
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
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages