Treasury
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
When will they ever learn?
Silicon Valley did not need a Victorian transport system to get it started
The unexpected Brexit bonus
Britain’s vaccination success has saved lives and will boost economic output by billions
Copping the lot
Why are death taxes staying when every other economic orthodoxy is going?
Most Read
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
