Jonathan Ashworth
No No Nadhim
With a Johnson lockdown easing, terms & conditions apply
What would be different if Starmer was in charge?
Keir Starmer’s weakness is a lack of healthy scepticism for the wisdom of experts
Cabinet Wars – Episode 2
Comparing the Cabinet on Twitter might suggest who is on manoeuvres – and who’s dropped the social media ball
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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
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art