Puritanism
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
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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
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
A police school for scandal
Is it any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness?
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide