Alistair Potts
The Boat Race is being steered off course
Moving the Boat Race from London to Ely is a desperate measure
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich