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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 Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
