Canadian Politics
Profile: Pierre Poilievre
The Conservative Party leader’s mantra “Canada is broken” resonates with voters appalled by the gap between their country’s promise and grim reality
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves