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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Extending “work of equal value” claims is absurd
Keir Starmer’s parting gift to the economy could be catastrophic
Wit as well as social conscience
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Reform’s gate fever
As they have grown more successful, Nigel Farage and his men have lost sight of what it takes to succeed
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.
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?