Soft Lockdown
Normal politics resumes
From Hard Brexit to Soft Lockdown, Boris Johnson is keeping most of his natural support with him
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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
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
