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The shadows of Christmas
Why M.R. James is the real spirit of the season
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism