Evidence
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Let’s get empirical
The right is more than equipped to argue on the grounds of data
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough