Social Issues
Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
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.
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)