John Tolan
A too-short history of Islam
Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present by John Tolan
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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
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections