Behind the Curve
Normal politics resumes
From Hard Brexit to Soft Lockdown, Boris Johnson is keeping most of his natural support with him
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
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
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
