Alms for Oblivion series
Simon Raven
A controversial writer who could produce work as splendid as it was scurrilous
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Why did India ban this film?
“Satluj” is an important film and its suppression is unjust
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The limits of localism
Why Andy Burnham’s localism agenda has a lot more to do with rhetoric than reality
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Country house colonisation
An attempt to achieve historical accountability ends up being an exercise in historical obscurantism
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone