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Against lifestylism
Begging the state to fix the symptoms of societal dysfunction is the politics of losers
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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
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Shabir Ahmed is a symptom
Deporting the grooming gang leader, while just, will not solve our problems
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories