Lizz Truss
Your part in my downfall
Hutton reflects on his unsuccessful stint as editor-in-chief of the Critic, and has determined the readers are to blame
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
