Andrew Bailey
The food bank of Threadneedle Street
Andrew Bailey and the art of apocalypse banking
Capitalism in a time of coronavirus
The economy has shrunk by a fifth – so why is there no credit crunch this time?
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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
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans