Administration
How to ruin a university
There is a managerial cancer afflicting the higher education sector
Having one’s head examined
To be Master of an Oxbridge college was once the most prized sinecure in Britain
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
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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
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions