Stephen Timms
Red on Red
Ducking the big challenges, preferably into a large body of water
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned