John Goodbody
Making a splash
A new book marks 150 years since the first unaided Channel swim
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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
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
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