Lord Faulks QC
Fixing the unbroken
Reform of judicial review is a solution without a problem
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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
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
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
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall