Knowledge
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Let’s put experts in their place
Expertise is important but so are its epistemic and moral limits
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
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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
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up