Gavin Barwell
The central myth of Conservative centrism
The Conservatives are not suffering because they are too right-wing
Contra Braverman’s critics
Liberals and leftists wring their hands while avoiding the real issues
Badgers complaining about foxes eating chickens
Some of the government’s critics need more introspection
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate