Simon Edge
Simon Edge is the author of The End of the World is Flat (Lightning Books, £8.99)
Is defeating Stonewall the end of the story?
The failure of Stonewall’s “no debate” strategy has given many a Wizard of Oz moment
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
