Parliament
A one-sided view of history that neuters parliament
Brexiteers are right: parliamentary sovereignty is inextricably linked with national sovereignty
Tawdry roots of a deeply damaging doctrine
The Separation of Powers is one of the worst, and one of the most influential, ideas around
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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
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?