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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
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
