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Shining limelight upon twilight?
Daily televised press conferences are a gift to the media class not to government
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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
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.
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
