Clerical Bureaucracy
The ridiculous process of finding a new head of the CofE
The last regime handed the church over wholesale to the middle managers
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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
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
