MP’s pay
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
We do not have to choose between mass migration and growth
Critics of mass migration have to be careful not to concede too much in their arguments
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration