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
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
The Road to the Cass Review — (5) Lord Moonie
How one “awkward sod” refused to follow the trend on gender
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
28 hours later
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been infected with the deadly Rage Virus
Did QE cost taxpayers?
Claims that the Bank of England’s programme cost billions are a red herring
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Bloody opposition
The Tories have left Britain in the hands of managers, judges and technocrats