Medical Obituaries
A doctor’s rites
Theodore Dalrymple reveals how the choice of words in medical obituaries are important
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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
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
