Trevor Ashley
Everything is showbiz
There is something heroic about getting big, guilty laughs out of the most offensive subjects imaginable
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules