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Speak for liberalism, Ed
Ed Davey has sacrificed the LibDems’ commitment to civil liberties
Starmer for the Prosecution
At his first PMQs, Labour’s new leader offered a masterclass in constructive opposition
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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
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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
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair