2019 Election Review
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Labour’s fork in the road to victory
If Labour appeals primarily to young progressive urban supporters, can it win back traditional working class communities?
The Long March or the Big Push?
How quickly can Labour recover from its 2019 disaster?
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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
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
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
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