Baruch Spinoza
Spinoza, the true conservative
Spinoza’s earth-bound philosophy is a safeguard against idealism
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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
The RAM should face the music
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The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
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How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The tears of Keir’s
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Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
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New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
