Shirley Williams
Broken eggs, no omelette
Baroness Williams believed until she died that comprehensive schools fostered equality. Her folly has only entrenched class privilege
Shirley Williams – her legacy for education
Shirley Williams secured a selective school for her own daughter – but did not understand why other parents might want that choice
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Self-inflicted misery
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