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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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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
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
