John Slinger
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
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
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Why violence is political
Attempts to de-politicise the murder of Anne Widdecombe will fail
