Citizens’ Assemblies
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
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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
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes