Crimea
What to do about Crimea?
Western pessimists are not as realistic as they think
Don’t panic!
Armed with bankers rather than bombs, Dad’s Army is coming to the rescue
Having what it takes to secede
Only a tiny minority of independence movements have been both peaceful and successful
The International Criminal Court is a mess
If the ICC had brought more warlords to justice, it might have earned our respect
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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
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
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise