Richard Dearlove
Sir Richard Dearlove is the former Chief of MI6.
Is the age of the Secret Service over?
Intelligence was more important than the individuals who risked their lives providing it
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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
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
