Dictatorship
Ibrahim Traoré and the art of the paper coup
The Burkinabé dictator keeps facing coup attempts — or does he?
Don’t blame the internet for youthful disaffection
Material conditions are more to blame than social media
Death throes of a dictatorship?
Amid war and discontent, military rule in Myanmar is faltering
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan