North Sea
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
Shielding the North Sea
Keir Starmer should be doing more to help Britain profit from its existing resources
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be