Economics
The immobile prince
Political chaos masks the stagnation of French economic life
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
Labour won’t survive unless it boosts living standards
People need hope that things can eventually get better
Did we get Brexit done?
Brexit is unfinished, yes, but the potential is enormous
Why “buffer stocks” don’t work
Yet again, economists have failed to understand Smith
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
The best we can hope for
Brilliant psychologist Daniel Kahneman died this year
Reject Naominomics
Ideas like Naomi Klein’s are bad for the economy (and for the environment)
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution