Emotions
Feelings don’t care about your facts
Politics is about emotions at least as much as about reason
The right to be reserved
Not everybody wants to open up
Touchy-feely and not that new really
We’re more than our emotions
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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
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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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism