Something rotten in the state of Germany
The Bundestag has weakened the criminal penalties for child pornography
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
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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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
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Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy