Barry Room
Dismal plate of the nation
Lisa Hilton finds a disturbing metaphor in the unconvincing dining room of the House of Lords
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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
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless