Robin Aitken
The BBC is a liar. But is it noble?
Robin Aitken’s analysis is idiosyncratic but rings true
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
