Everyday Lies
Diego Maradona was not a victim
We have no sense of the tragic, only of victimhood, says Theodore Dalrymple
Capturing the wrong picture
Why bother with accuracy when you can get away with approximation?
Sins of omission
Taking statistics out of context is a dangerous games, says Theodore Dalrymple
Mission misstatements
What is at your core?
Remedial class
Keir Starmer thinks he’s dealing with an idiot at PMQs – as today showed, it’s a mistake to always underestimate your opponent
Why the narrative on Britain’s role in the slave trade is misleading
Britain’s bleak record with the slave trade makes a horrible story, but it is one not helped by getting it wrong
Not Justin time
Sarah Ditum says that the focus on Timberlake as a bad agent conveniently forgets the machine behind him
No coffee, please, but Ethiopia can burn
Ethiopia, the home of coffee, falls apart under the world’s muddled gaze while Portugal implements arbitrary Covid-19 restrictions on caffeine consumption
Whitehall takes the knee
When the MoD’s top man signs off with a BLM hashtag it’s a brave official who doesn’t get the message
The moral injuries in store for NHS workers
Research is revealing invisible injuries beyond the traditional diagnosis of PTSD, with important applications for healthcare staff caught up in battling Covid-19
Should asylum be granted for life?
Lessons for Priti Patel on how Denmark reduced its appeal to asylum seekers
Are all political beliefs ultimately selfish?
Thomas Prosser’s new book argues that there are elements of self-interest and altruism in all political ‘isms’
Cancelled, Irish style
The truth about woke witchhunts is that there is no ethic of forgiveness in this religion
Reclaiming the altar of wokery
Laurence Fox has better credentials for engaging with the woke generation than the average Tory MP