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Has the government overreacted to the Coronavirus Crisis?
Toby Young questions whether the drastic measures put in place now will harm us more in the future
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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
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)