Tropes
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama