Ed Miliband
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
What farmers want
What the next government can do to win back the trust of agriculture
Ed Miliband’s hot air
The government is misleading the public on energy and prices
Getting our lame ducks in a row
Government energy policy is fuelling the collapse of Britain’s dwindling manufacturing sector
Ed Miliband does not understand economics
Why employment figures aren’t the right metric for energy policy
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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
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?