Jim McGovern
The genital inspection unit
It is preposterous to frame the desire for single-sex spaces as hysterical or weird
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback