Artillery Row
The Leadbeater Bill deserves to fail
It has looked more dangerous as the process has continued
The inequality delusion
British politics is being hamstrung by the uncritical pursuit of equal outcomes
Gary Stevenson is wrong about the real world
His arguments for taxing wealth have no empirical foundation
Donald Trump is abandoning American leadership
Trump’s tariffs will weaken, not strengthen, American power
Men of war
Remembering the often unappreciated courage of the British special forces
The coming apart of the deal
Keir Starmer’s attempts to be optimistic about Trump are convincing no one
How to take advantage of the trade wars
Britain can use this unstable moment to strengthen its overseas ties
How Robert Jenrick became the unofficial Leader of the Opposition
The Shadow Secretary of State for Justice is keeping the Tory brand afloat
Album of the year?
György Kurtág: Játékok (Pentatone)
Towards a Farage Doctrine
The mischievous populist should look to a great liberal philosopher
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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 to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
A police school for scandal
Is it any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness?
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian