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Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
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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
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar