The Producers
Everything is showbiz
There is something heroic about getting big, guilty laughs out of the most offensive subjects imaginable
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
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.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
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