Public Opinion
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Westminster is running out of time
Exhausted voters aren’t angry so much as resigned to a country that no longer works
Immigration is still the elephant in the room
Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged
Most Read
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
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 to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive