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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
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get