Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
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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
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes