How a cross in Corsica sparked a culture war
A dispute over a Corsican village cross has become a proxy conflict in an existential war over French identity
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unconquered by a
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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
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
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?