Chris Skidmore
Political parties should be broad churches, not sects
We should welcome diversity of opinion among MPs
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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
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh