James Chapman
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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
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)