Manifesto
The heir to Dave
This is the first election since Macmillan that the Tories are headlining on increasing the size of the state
The new model Brexit Party
“We are the new radicals” claimed Nigel Farage, as he launched his Contract with the People
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation