Labour Conference 2025
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Starmer blames two people for everything that is wrong with Britain: Nigel Farage and Tony Blair
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
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
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Country house colonisation
An attempt to achieve historical accountability ends up being an exercise in historical obscurantism
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished