Deborah Frances-White
Outside his bailiwick
John Bercow’s podcast is me me me, with a side order of sycophancy
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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
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
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
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie