Did the West provoke Russia?
Tony Brenton argues that it did and Lawrence Freedman argues that it did not
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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
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers