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The strange death of Tory pragmatism
Why can’t the Conservatives get things done?
Less is Mordaunt
A miserably unsuitable candidate
What would Boris do if he had to resign?
A discussion of life after premiership
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Pride’s heir
Removing Gavin Barwell sends a message, but Badenoch should go much further
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature