Reindustrialisation
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
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Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
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Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
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Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
