Hunting Ban
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
When the hunt is finally over
A rich and vivid rural culture is being destroyed by a government that does not understand it
The Hunting Act: 20 years on
It was a law that has achieved precisely the opposite of its stated aims
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
