Itamar Ben-Gvir
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers