Quantitative Easing
Did QE cost taxpayers?
Claims that the Bank of England’s programme cost billions are a red herring
Interesting times
The problem with low interest rates
Fantasy of the magic money tree
Central banks will come under increased pressure to “do good” by politicians
Blair is back. And so is Prudence
Labour will take a long view on borrowing in order to avoid being the party of big tax rises
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski