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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The problem of midwit misinformation
Iran, insurance and how smart people lose sight of the truth
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools