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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
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive