2020s
A new lost decade
Echoes of the 1920s are growing louder and unless we act, we may repeat the complacency of the 1930s too
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris