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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
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?