George Lansbury
The road to Hartlepool pier
The bourgeoisification of Labour isn’t new. It was catalogued in Orwell’s scabrously entertaining dissection of socialism
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party