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unconquered by a
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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
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
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
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Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
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