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How was your summer? Listen to mine, and weep
Nigel: Who didn’t admire Putin?
Rob has another rifle through Peston’s Inbox
Pirate of the Caribbean
The world of cruise ship entertainment was traditionally the domain of the middle-ranking theatrical
Left-wing violence is a myth
Supposedly “violent” acts by the oppressed are, by definition, forms of self-defence
Rob whistle
How dare journalists quote the things that Robert Jenrick says?
Barry Huggins
Barry, unusually for a Tory MP, has literary leanings
Help your local LOSER
A special charity appeal
The Riyadh Comedy Festival is a bad joke
Comedians should not agree not to insult the powerful
Mandelson: Let’s chat about Keir…
Leadership speculation, the Turquoise Wave and no hard feelings
Is anyone following the leader?
The Conservatives have a long way to go before winning back relevance
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working