minimum wage
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
The great wage squeeze
Why is everyone in Britain paid the same amount?
The British economy needs a hero
Zombie corporatism is ruining British productivity
The case for lowering the minimum wage
It is a major and predictable cause of youth unemployment
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Escaping Britain’s low-wage trap
Only sustained wage growth will restore trust in the economy
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them