Integrated Review
The thinning khaki line
What does the defence command paper reveal about Britain’s priorities for its armed forces?
Realism and realities
What theory of geopolitics does the Integrated Review serve?
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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
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark