Andrew O’Hagan
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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
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read