British Politics
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
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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
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories