Ernest Bevin
The road to Hartlepool pier
The bourgeoisification of Labour isn’t new. It was catalogued in Orwell’s scabrously entertaining dissection of socialism
Can Labour learn to love the market?
As state socialism advances on all fronts, what is Labour’s real electoral future?
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
