Book Review
Speaking power to truth
Patrick Porter reviews The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
The mother of all U-turns
Kemi Badenoch discovered that backing wars and opposing petrol prices is harder than it looks
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
