Peking
July 2021: Letters to the Editor
Peter Hitchens says the West was bullied into using the name “Beijing” instead of “Peking”
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
