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Don’t panic about rare earths
If China will not export them, they can be found elsewhere
The Ukrainian minerals myth
Has Donald Trump been misled about the value of Ukrainian rare earth deposits?
Why “buffer stocks” don’t work
Yet again, economists have failed to understand Smith
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone