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The republican anti-aesthetic
The most uninspiring, mundane movement
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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 Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
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
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court