Council Tax
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
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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
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away