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Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
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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 first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing