Global Politics
Big Brother versus liberty
Firmin DeBrabander’s philosophical musings are the checklist of a left-wing, “progressive” academic
China’s Long March
How should the UK and its allies treat the rise of China?
British self-interested aid
Is it wrong that donor countries should also benefit from their development aid projects?
In praise of the military coup
Why, sometimes, military coups can be a force for good
Paging Uncle Joe
A workable CANZUK might be illiberal and unAmerican
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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
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Rock star variations
Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour