Institutional Racism
Opiate for the leftists
How Wokeism tries (and succeeds) at filling a religion-shaped void within the American left’s psyche
How to alienate good people
Having insulted thousands of its blameless members, the Church of England now aims to embed racial distinction in its very structures
Can victims forgive?
The case of France’s George Floyd, Adama Traoré
Black Lives Matter are pushing division, not unity
BLM’s radical ideas, such as defunding the police, would only make the lives of black communities worse
Culture wars are about our society
The notion of collective racial guilt undermines all institutions
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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
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness