Petrarch
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
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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
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
