Information
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Why Twitter matters
Twitter — or X if you must — is essential for bypassing traditional institutions
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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
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light