Armin Laschet
The strange death of the CDU
The decline of Angela Merkel’s party may return Germany to a Weimar-style splintered parliament
Armin Laschet, Germany’s next Chancellor: Pro-China, Pro-Putin, Pro-Assad?
As China rises and Russia rattles its sabre, the Germans will hope that the younger generation have as much ease learning Mandarin as Merkel’s generation did English
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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
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy