Allison Pearson
What a silly summer
Notes on people who really should have taken a holiday
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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
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers