Select Committee
At the court of parliament’s aristocracy
Rank and rules are pulled at the Liaison Committee “super group”
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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
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
