John Cryer
Labour is braced to back Brady
Labour’s whips are ready to ally with Tory rebels
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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
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester