Patrick Porter
The flaws of liberalism
On a range of issues liberal politicians pursued policies opposed by voters
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence