Crime
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
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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
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture