Referendum
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Nicola’s song for Europe
Sturgeon spells out why Scotland’s path back to the EU would be hindered by an illegal referendum attempt
The rules of secession
The rules for calling and winning referenda should be set in law
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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
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.